Transcriptional control of precursor proliferation in the early phases of pituitary development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-574

  Zhu, Xiaoyan ^a   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 5444253115     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2004.08.006     Document Type: Review

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