Modulation of hormone-dependent glucocorticoid receptor function using a tetracycline-regulated expression system

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Wei, Ping ^a   Ahn, Young I ^b   Housley, Paul R ^c   Alam, Jawed ^a,b   Vedeckis, Wayne V ^a,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEME OXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031888997     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)89907-3     Document Type: Article

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