A model for the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis: Transcribing the hypophysis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 23-35

  Kioussi, Chrissa ^a   Carrière, Catherine ^a   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypophysis; Hypothalamic pituitary axis; Organogenesis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344359766     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00229-9     Document Type: Review

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