The Oct-2 POU domain gene in the neuroendocrine brain: A transcriptional regulator of mammalian puberty

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3774-3789

  Ojeda, Sergio R ^a   Hill, Jennifer ^a   Hill, Diane F ^a   Costa, Maria E ^a   Tapia, Veronica ^a   Cornea, Anda ^a   Ma, Ying J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GONADORELIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033305718     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.8.6941     Document Type: Article

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