Progesterone receptor isoform A inhibits isoform B-mediated transactivation in human amnion

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-11

  Pieber, Doris ^a,b   Allport, Victoria C ^a   Bennett, Phillip R ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

(Human); Amnion; Progesterone receptor; Progesterone withdrawal; Transfection

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LABOR; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMNION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035823279     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01189-X     Document Type: Article

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