Involvement of Prop1 homeobox gene in the early development of fish pituitary gland

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-340

  Angotzi, Anna Rita ^a,b   Mungpakdee, Sutada ^a   Stefansson, Sigurd ^b   Male, Rune ^b   Chourrout, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Morpholino; Pituitary; Prop1; Salmon; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROLACTIN; RNA; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MARKER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 79953757235     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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