Divergent roles for thyroid hormone receptor β isoforms in the endocrine axis and auditory system

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-300

  Abel, E Dale ^a   Boers, Mary Ellen ^a   Pazos Moura, Carmen ^a,b   Moura, Egberto ^a,c   Kaulbach, Helen ^a   Zakaria, Marjorie ^d   Lowell, Bradford ^a   Radovick, Sally ^d   Liberman, M Charles ^e   Wondisford, Fredric ^a,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032720491     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI6397     Document Type: Article

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