The PIT-1 gene is regulated by distinct early and late pituitary-specific enhancers

Developmental Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 180-190

  DiMattia, Gabriel E ^a,c   Rhodes, Simon J ^a,d   Krones, Anna ^a   Carrière, Catherine ^a   O'Connell, Shawn ^a   Kalla, Kristin ^a   Arias, Carlos ^b   Sawchenko, Paul ^b   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031080962     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8472     Document Type: Article

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