Arsenic alters the function of the glucocorticoid receptor as a transcription factor

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-251

  Kaltreider, Ronald C ^a   Davis, Alisa M ^a   Lariviere, Jean P ^a   Hamilton, Joshua W ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Carcinogenesis; Endocrine disruptor; Gene regulation; Glucocorticoid receptor; Metal; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HORMONE; LUCIFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035053381     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109245     Document Type: Article

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