Comparative sequence analysis of the mouse and human transferrin promoters: Hormonal regulation of the transferrin promoter in sertoli cells

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-283

  Chaudhary, Jaideep ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sertoli; Testis; Transcriptional control; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031862226     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199807)50:3<273::AID-MRD3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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