Article
Thyroid hormone receptors: lessons from knockout and knock-in mutant mice.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Mar 2003
Flamant Frédéric, Samarut Jacques
Abstract excerpt
The genes encoding thyroid hormone receptor alpha and beta (TRalpha and TRbeta) encode four thyroid hormone receptors and four variant isoforms with antagonistic properties. Because of this complexity, numerous models of TR mutation have been developed to understand the functions of specific receptors. In total, 13 mutant strains are now available. Phenotype analysis has shown that the two genes serve distinct...
Topics
- Animals
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
- Signal Transduction
- Thyroid Hormone Receptors alpha
- Thyroid Hormone Receptors beta
