Targeted mutation in β1,4-galactosyltransferase leads to pituitary insufficiency and neonatal lethality

Developmental Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-267

  Lu, Qingxian ^a,b   Hasty, Paul ^a,c   Shur, Barry D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FETOPROTEIN; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; LETHAL GENE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOUSE MUTANT; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, SYNTHETIC; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0031567823     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8444     Document Type: Article

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