Gene Review:
dio2 - deiodinase, iodothyronine, type 2
Xenopus laevis
- Timing of metamorphosis and the onset of the negative feedback loop between the thyroid gland and the pituitary is controlled by type II iodothyronine deiodinase in Xenopus laevis. Huang, H., Cai, L., Remo, B.F., Brown, D.D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2001)
- Expression of type II iodothyronine deiodinase marks the time that a tissue responds to thyroid hormone-induced metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis. Cai, L., Brown, D.D. Dev. Biol. (2004)