Role of Pax genes in endoderm-derived organs

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 164-167

  Mansouri, Ahmed ^a   St Onge, Luc ^a   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033022944     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(98)00133-7     Document Type: Review

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