TTF-2, a new forkhead protein, shows a temporal expression in the developing thyroid which is consistent with a role in controlling the onset of differentiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3185-3197

  Zannini, Mariastella ^a   Avantaggiato, Virginia ^b   Biffali, Elio ^a   Arnone, Maria Ina ^a   Sato, Koichi ^a   Pischetola, Michele ^a   Taylor, Benjamin A ^c   Phillips, Sandra J ^c   Simeone, Antonio ^b   Di Lauro, Roberto ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Differentiation; Thyroid; Transcription; TTF 2

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TTF 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID CELL; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PEROXIDASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 18344404449     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3185     Document Type: Article

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