title: Unliganded TRs regulate growth and developmental timing during early embryogenesis: evidence for a dual function mechanism of TR action.
abstract: Recent genetic studies in the anuran Xenopus tropicalis reveal surprising new roles of thyroid hormone receptor in regulating growth and developmental timing in the absence of thyroid hormone.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program, 8 College Road, Level 8D14, Singapore, 169857 Singapore.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Yen
keywords: Developmental timing; Organogenesis; Thyroid hormone receptor; Vertebrate postembryonic development