Mice devoid of all known thyroid are viable hormone receptors but exhibit disorders of the pituitary-thyroid axis, growth, and bone maturation

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1329-1341

  Göthe, Sten ^a   Wang, Zhendong ^b   Ng, Lily ^b   Kindblom, Jenny M ^c   Barros, Angel Campos ^b   Ohlsson, Claes ^c   Vennström, Björn ^a   Forrest, Douglas ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone development; Growth; Pituitary; Thyroid; Thyroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033562967     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.10.1329     Document Type: Article

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