The Krüppel-like factor 4 controls biosynthesis of thyrotropin-releasing hormone during hypothalamus development

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Pérez Monter, Carlos ^a   Martínez Armenta, Miriam ^a   Miquelajauregui, Amaya ^b   Furlan Magaril, Mayra ^c   Varela Echavarría, Alfredo ^b   Recillas Targa, Félix ^c   May, Víctor ^d   Charli, Jean Louis ^a   Pérez Martínez, Leonor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Gene expression; Hypothalamus; Klf4; Sp1; Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH)

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79651469998     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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