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PIT1 abnormality.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Jun 1999
Tatsumi K, Amino N
Abstract excerpt
The PIT1 gene product, Pit-1/GHF-1, binds to and transactivates the promoter sequences of the growth hormone, prolactin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone beta (also called thyrotropin) subunit genes. Abnormalities of the PIT1 gene, which encodes a pituitary-specific POU-domain DNA binding factor, cause a combined deficiency of growth hormone, prolactin, and thyrotropin (PIT1 abnormality). PIT1 abnormality is a...
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