ea0021p291 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009
Chand Annisa
, Akbareian Sophia
, McSloy Alex
, Renshaw Derek
, McGonnell Imelda
, Fowkes Robert
Mammalian pituitary gland development is well established on a molecular and morphological level. In developmental biology the use of chick and zebrafish models is common but despite chicken pituitary gland development being characterised in 1952 these models have only recently been regularly employed in pituitary studies. The third member of the natriuretic peptide family, C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), has been investigated in rodent embryos but little is known about its ...