Multiple elements in the distal part of the 1.2 kb 5'-flanking region of the rat GnRH receptor gene regulate gonadotrope-specific expression conferred by proximal domain

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 95-108

  Pincas, H ^a   Forrai Z ^a   Chauvin, S ^a   Laverriere J N ^a   Counis, R ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

CAT reporter gene; Cell specific gene expression; Inverse PCR; Mouse pituitary T3 1 cells; Rat GnRH receptor

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; START CODON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031784053     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00149-X     Document Type: Article

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