Expression and mutation analysis of Tpit in the canine pituitary gland and corticotroph adenomas

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-222

  Hanson, J M ^a   Mol, J A ^a   Leegwater, P A J ^a   Bilodeau, S ^b   Drouin, J ^b   Meij, B P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Dog; Pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism; Tbx19; Transcription factor; Tumor

Indexed keywords

DNA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADENOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS;

EID: 40249103153     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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