Absence of mutations in the gene encoding thyroid transcription factor- 1 (TTF-1) in patients with thyroid dysgenesis

Thyroid

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-381

  Perna, Maria Grazia ^a   Civitareale, Donato ^b   De Filippis, Vito ^a   Sacco, Michele ^a   Cisternino, Carmela ^c   Tassi, Vittorio ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0030839127     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1997.7.377     Document Type: Article

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