Steroidogenic factor 1: A key determinant of endocrine development and function

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-377

  Parker, Keith L ^a,c   Schimmer, Bernard P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031010818     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv.18.3.0301     Document Type: Review

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