The fetal and adult adrenal cortex

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 336, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Morohashi, Ken ichirou ^a   Zubair, Mohamad ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad4BP SF 1; Adrenal cortex; Enhancer; Fetal adrenal; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENHANCER REGION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHASE TRANSITION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FETUS; MICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952070256     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.11.026     Document Type: Review

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