The Forkhead Transcription Factor, Foxd1, Is Necessary for Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone Expression in Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Gumbel, Jason H ^a   Patterson, Elizabeth M ^a   Owusu, Sarah A ^a   Kabat, Brock E ^a   Jung, Deborah O ^a   Simmons, Jasmine ^a   Hopkins, Torin ^a   Ellsworth, Buffy S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXD1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 84871323320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052156     Document Type: Article

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