Mechanisms underlying pituitary hypoplasia and failed cell specification in Lhx3-deficient mice

Developmental Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-129

  Ellsworth, Buffy S ^a   Butts, Darcy L ^a   Camper, Sally A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Isl1; LIM3; Neurod1; Notch2; NR5A1; P LIM; Pitx1; Pitx2; Sf1; Tle3; Tpit

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ISL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TPIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPLASIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PITUITARY HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

MUS;

EID: 37349022230     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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