Farnesyl diphosphate synthase is abundantly expressed and regulated by androgen in rat prostatic epithelial cells

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-130

  Jiang, Feng ^a   Yang, Luping ^a   Cai, Xiaoyan ^a   Cyriac, Jomol ^a   Shechter, Ishaiahu ^b   Wang, Zhou ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgen response genes; FPPS; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINAL VESICLES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034835837     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(01)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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