Transcriptional Activation of the Proopiomelanocortin Gene by Cyclic AMP-responsive Element Binding Protein

Pituitary

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-43

  Boutillier, Anne Laurence ^a   Gaiddon, Christian ^a   Lorang, Dominique ^b   Roberts, James Lewis ^b   Loeffler, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Corticotrope cells; CREB; Gene regulation; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FORSKOLIN; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032034496     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009966808106     Document Type: Article

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