Gonadotrope and thyrotrope development in the human and mouse anterior pituitary gland

Developmental Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 172-181

  Pope, Caroline ^a   McNeilly, Judy R ^a   Coutts, Shiona ^a   Millar, Mike ^a   Anderson, Richard A ^a   McNeilly, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental changes; Gonadotrope lineage; Hormonal identity; Human fetal pituitary; Mouse embryonic pituitary; Thyrotrope lineage; GSU regulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GLYCOPHORIN A; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33748048149     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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