The selector gene Pax7 dictates alternate pituitary cell fates through its pioneer action on chromatin remodeling

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2299-2310

  Budry, Lionel ^a   Balsalobre, Aurélio ^a   Gauthier, Yves ^a   Khetchoumian, Konstantin ^a   L'Honoré, Aurore ^a   Vallette, Sophie ^a   Brue, Thierry ^b   Figarella Branger, Dominique ^b   Meij, Björn ^c   Drouin, Jacques ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cushing's disease; Differentiation; POMC; Progenitors; Tpit

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; MELANOTROPH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DOGS; HUMANS; MICE; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 84867712886     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.200436.112     Document Type: Article

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