Investigating the role of adrenal cortex in organization and differentiation of the adrenal medulla in mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 165-171

  Huang, Chen Che Jeff ^a   Liu, Chang ^a,b   Yao, Humphrey Hung Chang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenin; Adrenal cortex; Adrenal medulla; Dicer1; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENAL MEDULLA DISEASE; ADRENAL MEDULLA DYSGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HYPOPLASIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RIBONUCLEASE III; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

EID: 84864335369     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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