Multiple pituitary and ovarian defects in Krox-24 (NGFI-A, Egr-1)- targeted mice

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-122

  Topilko, Piotr ^a   Schneider Maunoury, Sylvie ^a   Levi, Giovanni ^a,b   Trembleau, Alain ^a   Gourdji, Danièle ^c   Driancourt, Marc Antoine ^d   Rao, Ch V ^e   Charnay, Patrick ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CENTRE PAUL BROCA   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INFERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031916746     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.12.1.107     Document Type: Article

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