A tridimensional view of pituitary development and function

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 261-269

  Mollard, Patrice ^a,b   Hodson, David J ^a,b,c   Lafont, Chrystel ^a,b   Rizzoti, Karine ^d   Drouin, Jacques ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Physiology; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMAGING; MELANOTROPH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861662812     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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