Repression of vasopressin gene expression by glucocorticoids in transgenic mice: Evidence of a direct mechanism mediated by proximal 5' flanking sequence

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1177-1185

  Burke, Z D ^a   Ho, M Y ^b   Morgan, H ^a   Smith, M ^a   Murphy, D ^b   Carter, D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; glucocorticoid receptor; glucocorticoid response element

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; METYRAPONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CATTLE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REGULATOR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; METYRAPONE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030915941     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00603-3     Document Type: Article

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