title: Early steps in pituitary organogenesis.
abstract: Significant advances have been made in defining the transcription cascade that is responsible for the early steps of pituitary formation and the environmental signals that induce, pattern and specify the pituitary gland and its cell types. It is now possible to outline the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of the pituitary gland, as well as the initial development of organ-specific cell types.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. huisheng@helix.nih.gov
authors.forename: H Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Westphal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009024:Morphogenesis; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000196:embryology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic