The molecular basis of hypopituitarism

Hormone Research

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 30-36

  Radovick, Sally ^a,b   Cohen, Laurie E ^a   Wondisford, Fredric E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined pituitary hormone deficiency; Gene expression; Gene mutations; Gene regulation; Hypopituitarism; pit 1; Pituitary development; Retinoic acid; Zn 15

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; POINT MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031911305     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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