Role of DAX-1 (NR0B1) and steroidogenic factor-1 (NR5A1) in human adrenal function

Endocrine Development

Volumn 20, Issue , 2010, Pages 38-46

  El Khairi, Ranna ^a   Martinez Aguayo, Alejandro ^a   Ferraz De Souza, Bruno ^a   Lin, Lin ^a   Achermann, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; DAX-1 ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

EID: 84926101752     PISSN: 14217082     EISSN: 16622979     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000321213     Document Type: Article

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