Early steps in pituitary organogenesis

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 236-240

  Sheng, Hui Z ^a   Westphal, Heiner ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROANATOMY; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PITUITARY GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033152190     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01742-4     Document Type: Review

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