Hypogonadism and obesity in mice with a targeted deletion of the Nhlh2 gene

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-401

  Good, Deborah J ^a   Porter, Forbes D ^b   Mahon, Kathleen A ^b   Parlow, Albert F ^c   Westphal, Heiner ^b   Kirsch, Ilan R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DNA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RNA; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBESITY; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030960861     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0497-397     Document Type: Article

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