A role for A/T-rich sequences and Pit-1/GHF-1 in a distal enhancer located in the human growth hormone locus control region with preferential pituitary activity in culture and transgenic mice

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1249-1266

  Jin, Y ^a   Surabhi, R M ^a   Fresnoza, A ^a   Lytras, A ^a   Cattini, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033304610     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.13.8.0332     Document Type: Article

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