Differential expression of the A and B isoforms of progesterone receptor in human endometrial cancer cells. Only progesterone receptor B is induced by estrogen and associated with strong transcriptional activation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 828, Issue , 1997, Pages 17-26

  Leslie, Kimberly K ^a   Kumar, Nirmala S ^b   Richer, Jennifer ^b   Owen, Gareth ^b   Takimoto, Glenn ^b   Horwitz, Kathryn B ^b   Lange, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0030727378     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48520.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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