Testicular GATA-1 factor up-regulates the promoter activity of rat inhibin α-subunit gene in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 378-390

  Feng, Z M ^a   Wu, A Z ^a   Chen, C L C ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; INHIBIN A; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS CELL; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0032230362     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.12.3.0079     Document Type: Article

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