Effects of Dopamine and Estrogen on the Regulation of Pit-1α, Pit-1β, and PL-II Gene Expression in the Rat Placenta

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-211

  Lee, Chae Kwan ^a   Kang, Han Seung ^a   Lee, Byung Ju ^b   Kang, Hae Mook ^c   Choi, Wan Sung ^d   Kang, Sung Goo ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Estrogen; Pit 1 , ; PL II; Placenta

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN II; POU1F1 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RAT; RNA SPLICING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032579995     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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