Role of the homeobox gene Hesx1/HESX1 in forebrain and pituitary development in mouse and human
The homeobox gene Hesx1 encodes a transcriptional repressor that is required, within the anterior neural plate of the vertebrate embryo, for normal forebrain and pituitary development. Hesx1-/- mice display variable defects, affecting midline telencephalic commissural tracts, the eyes and the pituit...
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University College London (University of London)
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.497693 |