Frogs model man: In vivo thyroid hormone signaling during development

Genesis

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages

  Sachs, Laurent M ^a   Buchholz, Daniel R ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibian; gene regulation; metamorphosis; molecular mechanism; perinatal endocrinology; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG MODEL; IN VIVO STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID HORMONES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 85010842112     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23000     Document Type: Review

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