Transcriptional activation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene by activin A

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 356-366

  Fernández Vázquez, Gumersindo ^a,b   Kaiser, Ursula B ^a   Albarracin, Constance T ^a   Chin, William W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; GONADORELIN; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029879685     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.10.4.356     Document Type: Article

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