Anterior pituitary development and Pit-1/GHF-1 transcription factor

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1059-1066

  De La Hoya, M ^a   Vila, V ^a   Jimenez O ^a   Castrillo, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene expression; GHF 1; Pit 1; Pituitary development; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031783173     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050234     Document Type: Article

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