Multistep signaling requirements for pituitary organogenesis in vivo

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1691-1704

  Treier, Mathias ^a   Gleiberman, Anatoli S ^a   O'Connell, Shawn M ^a   Szeto, Daniel P ^a   McMahon, Jill A ^b   McMahon, Andrew P ^b   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Cell phenotype; FGF; Organogenesis; Pituitary; Transcription factor; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 2642653223     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.11.1691     Document Type: Article

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