Regulation of the Promoter of the Human Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene in Transfected Human Endometrial Cells

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Makrigiannakis, Antonis ^a,b   Zoumakis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Margioris, Andrew N ^a,b   Stournaras, Christos ^a,b   Chrousos, George P ^a,b   Gravanis, Achille ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical neuroendocrinology; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Molecular neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FORSKOLIN; INDOMETACIN; LUCIFERASE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYCLIC AMP; DEXAMETHASONE; DINOPROSTONE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; LUCIFERASES; MIFEPRISTONE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030038025     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127103     Document Type: Article

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