Steroidogenic factor-1 enhances basal and forskolin-stimulated transcription of the human glycoprotein hormone α-subunit gene in GH3 cells

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Fowkes, Robert C ^a,b   Burrin, Jacky M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CELL DNA; FORSKOLIN; GONADOTROPIN; SERINE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN GH3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0344898500     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.179r001     Document Type: Article

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