Progenitor cells in the embryonic anterior pituitary abruptly and concurrently depress mitotic rate before progressing to terminal differentiation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Seuntjens, E ^a   Denef, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3H thymidine; Differentiation; Embryonic development; Lineage; Pituitary; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; MICE; MITOSIS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0033602678     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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