Regulation of function of the murine luteinizing hormone receptor promoter by cis- and trans-acting elements in mouse Leydig tumor cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-217

  Ei Hefnawy, Talal ^a   Krawczyk, Zdzislaw ^a   Nikula, Hannu ^a   Viherä, Ilkka ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cyclic adenosine 3,5' monophosphate; Gonadotropin action; Luciferase; Luteinizing hormone; Transcription

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; LUCIFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029940297     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03815-4     Document Type: Article

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