Expression of the CYP19 (aromatase) gene: An unusual case of alternative promoter usage

FASEB Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Simpson, Evan R ^a   Michael, M Dodson ^a   Agarwal, Veena K ^a   Hinshelwood, Margaret M ^a   Bulun, Serdar E ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen formation; gene; ontogeny; phylogeny; splicing; tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN;

ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MESODERM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030635820     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.11.1.9034163     Document Type: Review

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