Expression patterns of hormones, signaling molecules, and transcription factors during adenohypophysis development in the chick embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1197-1210

  Parkinson, Nicole ^a   Collins, Michelle M ^a   Dufresne, Lynn ^a   Ryan, Aimee K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chick pituitary; cLim3; Fgf10; Gene expression; Hormones; Rathke's pouch; SHH

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLIM3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TSH SECRETING CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADOTROPHS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LACTOTROPHS; MELANOTROPHS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROTROPHS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77949821652     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22250     Document Type: Article

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