A new step understood in the cascade of tissue-specific regulators orchestrating pituitary lineage determination: The Prophet of Pit-1 (Prop-1)

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 616-617

  Dutour, Anne ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UFR de Medecine Nord   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PITUITARY GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031466939     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370616     Document Type: Review

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