A dynamic Gli code interprets Hh signals to regulate induction, patterning, and endocrine cell specification in the zebrafish pituitary

Developmental Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-154

  Devine, Christine A ^a   Sbrogna, Jennifer L ^a   Guner, Burcu ^a   Osgood, Marcey ^a   Shen, Meng Chieh ^a   Karlstrom, Rolf O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Corticotropes; Cyclopamine; Gonadotropes; Lactotropes; Melanotropes; Pars distalis; Pars intermedia; Somatotropes; Thyrotropes

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 58549110417     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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