Nestin-Cre mice are affected by hypopituitarism, which is not due to significant activity of the transgene in the pituitary gland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Galichet, Christophe ^a   Lovell Badge, Robin ^a   Rizzoti, Karine ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; GROWTH HORMONE; NESTIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; INTEGRASE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

MUS; RATTUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTEGRASES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; THYROTROPIN; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77955405459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011443     Document Type: Article

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