A small composite probasin promoter confers high levels of prostate-specific gene expression through regulation by androgens and glucocorticoids in vitro and in vivo

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4698-4710

  Zhang, Jianfeng ^a,b   Thomas, Tania Z ^a,b   Kasper, Susan ^a,b   Matusik, Robert J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Urologic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Dept Obstet Gynecol V   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROBASIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034520311     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.12.7837     Document Type: Article

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