Expression of steroidogenic factor 1 in the testis requires an interactive array of elements within its proximal promoter

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1509-1521

  Scherrer, Serge P ^a   Rice, Daren A ^a   Heckert, Leslie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Steroid hormones; Testis

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; CELL RECEPTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUSHI TARAZU PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SP3 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR; USF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; USF1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENETIC REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DNA FLANKING REGION; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TESTIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALIA;

5' FLANKING REGION; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; E-BOX ELEMENTS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SP2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SP3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

EID: 0036838934     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.006932     Document Type: Article

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