Pit-1 Gene Expression in Human Pituitary Adenomas

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Pellegrini Bouiller, I ^a   Morange Ramos, I ^a,b   Barlier, A ^a,b   Gunz, G ^a   Enjalbert, A ^a   Jaquet, P ^a,b  

^a UMR 9941 CNRS Université de la Méditerranée   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Pit 1; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADENOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030949877     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185472     Document Type: Article

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