Follicular cells of the thyroid gland require Pax8 gene function

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-90

  Mansouri, Ahmed ^a   Chowdhury, Kamal ^a   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031777309     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0598-87     Document Type: Article

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