Analysis of mice carrying targeted mutations of the glucocorticoid receptor gene argues against an essential role of glucocorticoid signalling for generating adrenal chromaffin cells

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2935-2944

  Finotto, Susetta ^a   Krieglstein, Kerstin ^a   Schober, Andreas ^a   Deimling, Frauke ^a   Lindner, Karin ^a   Brühl, Barbara ^a   Beier, Konstantin ^a   Metz, Jürgen ^a   Garcia Arraras, José E ^c   Roig Lopez, José L ^c   Monaghan, Paula ^b   Schmid, Wolfgang ^b   Cole, Timothy J ^b   Kellendonk, Christoph ^b   Tronche, Francois ^b   Schütz, Günther ^b   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Chromaffin phenotype; Glucocorticoid signalling; Mouse; Sympathoadrenal cell lineage

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CELL MARKER; ENZYME; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PERIPHERIN; SECRETOGRANIN II;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; CHROMOGRANINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032797306     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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