17β-estradiol inhibits apoptosis in MCF-7 cells, inducing bcl-2 expression via two estrogen-responsive elements present in the coding sequence

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2890-2901

  Perillo, Bruno ^a,c   Sasso, Annarita ^a   Abbondanza, Ciro ^b   Palumbo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTRADIOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BINDING SITE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE;

APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033621962     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.8.2890-2901.2000     Document Type: Article

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