The tripartite basal enhancer of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor gene promoter regulates cell-specific expression through a novel GnRH receptor activating sequence

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1814-1821

  Duval, Dawn L ^a   Nelson, Scott E ^a   Clay, Colin M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030666563     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.11.12.0020     Document Type: Article

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