Genetic interaction between the homeobox transcription factors HESX1 and SIX3 is required for normal pituitary development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-333

  Gaston Massuet, Carles ^a   Andoniadou, Cynthia L ^a   Signore, Massimo ^a   Sajedi, Ezat ^a   Bird, Sophie ^a   Turner, James M A ^b   Martinez Barbera, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectopic pituitary; HESX1; SIX3; Wnt catenin

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 56449105561     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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