Transient dwarfism and hypogonadism in mice lacking Otx1 reveal prepubescent stage-specific control of pituitary levels of GH, FSH and LH

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1229-1239

  Acampora, Dario ^a   Mazan, Sylvie ^b,g   Tuorto, Francesca ^a   Avantaggiato, Virginia ^a   Tremblay, Jacques J ^c   Lazzaro, Domenico ^d   Di Carlo, Angela ^e   Mariano, Angela ^e   Macchia, Paolo Emidio ^e   Corte, Giorgio ^f   Macchia, Vincenzo ^e   Drouin, Jacques ^c   Brûlet, Philippe ^b   Simeone, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d IRBM   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cell specificity; Dwarfism; Hypogonadism; Mouse; Otx1; Pituitary hormone; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DWARFISM; FEMALE; GENE LOSS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DWARFISM; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, LHRH; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031923473     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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