Development of a pituitary-specific Cre line targeted to the Pit-1 lineage

Genesis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Yin, Zhirong ^a   Williams Simons, Lisa ^b   Rawahneh, Lisa ^a   Asa, Sylvia ^c   Kirschner, Lawrence S ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d 544 TMRF ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Growth hormone; Pit 1; Pituitary development; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HYPOPHYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TSH SECRETING CELL; VIBRISSA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1;

RATTUS;

EID: 40949119860     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20362     Document Type: Article

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