Cell-specific actions of a human LHX3 gene enhancer during pituitary and spinal cord development

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2013-2027

  Park, Soyoung ^a   Mullen, Rachel D ^a   Rhodes, Simon J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GATA2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPHS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; INTERNEURONS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PITUITARY GLAND; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84888336583     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2013-1161     Document Type: Article

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