Direct binding of progesterone receptor to nonconsensus DNA sequences represses rat GnRH

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-39

  Kepa, Jadwiga K ^a,b   Jacobsen, Britta M ^a,b   Boen, Eric A ^a,b   Prendergast, Paul ^a   Edwards, Dean P ^a   Takimoto, Glenn ^a   Wierman, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; GnRH; Progesterone; Steroid receptor

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029915266     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03723-3     Document Type: Article

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