The PTX family of homeodomain transcription factors during pituitary developments

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Drouin, Jacques ^a   Lamolet, Bruno ^a   Lamonerie, Thomas ^a   Lanctôt, Christian ^a   Tremblay, Jacques J ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homeobox; Pituitary; Pro opiomelanocortin; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIEGER SYNDROME; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PITUITARY GLAND; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032565754     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00026-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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