Steroid hormone receptors activate transcription in glial cells of intact retina but not in primary cultures of retinal glial cells

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-158

  Li, Yi Chen ^a   Hayes, Scott ^a   Young, Anthony P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell interactions; Glucocorticoid receptor; Glutamine synthetase; M ller glial cell; Progesterone receptor; Retina

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GLIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031111908     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736779     Document Type: Article

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