Progesterone stimulates the activity of the promoters of peripheral myelin protein-22 and protein zero genes in Schwann cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1765-1768

  Désarnaud, Frank ^a   Do Thi, Anh N ^a   Brown, Adrienne M ^b   Lemke, Greg ^b   Suter, Ueli ^c   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a,d   Schumacher, Michael ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Laboratoire de Chimie des Interactions Moleculaires   (France)

Author keywords

P0 and peripheral myelin protein 22 gene promoters; Progesterone; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUCIFERASE; MIFEPRISTONE; MYELIN PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN 22; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE; TUMOR VIRUS;

EID: 0344666404     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71041765.x     Document Type: Article

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