Thyrotropin (TSN) β-subunit gene expression - An example for the complex regulation of pituitary hormone genes

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 196-203

  Steinfelder, H J ^a   Wondisford, F E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD); Factors; Pit 1; Pituitary hormones; Thyrotropin (TSH); Transcription

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POU1F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030611653     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211751     Document Type: Review

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