Developmental regulation of gene expression in the thyroid gland of Xenopus laevis tadpoles

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-208

  Opitz, R ^a   Kloas, W ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Development; Gene expression; Metamorphosis; Thyroid gland; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 2; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 5; SODIUM PERCHLORATE; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TADPOLE; THYROID CELL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77955318235     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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