TAZ is a coactivator for Pax8 and TTF-1, two transcription factors involved in thyroid differentiation

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-175

  Di Palma, Tina ^a   D'Andrea, Barbara ^a   Liguori, Giovanna Lucia ^a   Liguoro, Annamaria ^a   de Cristofaro, Tiziana ^a   Del Prete, Dolores ^a   Pappalardo, Andrea ^a   Mascia, Anna ^a   Zannini, Mariastella ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Pax8; TAZ; Thyroid differentiation; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAZ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TTF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; THYROID CELL;

EID: 57749190560     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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