Nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 directs embryonic stem cells toward the steroidogenic lineage

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3997-4006

  Crawford, Peter A ^a   Sadovsky, Yoel ^a   Milbrandt, Jeffrey ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; GENE PRODUCT;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD; LIGAND BINDING; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030920333     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.3997     Document Type: Article

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