title: Cloning of the TSH receptor: the story from a Brussels perspective.
abstract: In the mid eighties, thyroglobulin and thyroperoxidase had been cloned and sequenced, and the obvious next target for thyroidologists was the TSH receptor. Many labs entered the race in a healthy (and fierce) competitive mood, exploiting all technologies available at that time. We present here the cloning of the TSH receptor and some of the main fall-out, as seen from the Brussels perspective.
authors.affiliation: IRIBHM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brussels (ULB), 808, route de Lennik, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium. gvassart@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004285:Dogs; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011989:Receptors, Thyrotropin / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D011989:Receptors, Thyrotropin