Alternate Promoter and 5′-Untranslated Exon Usage of the Mouse Adrenocorticotropin Receptor Gene in Adipose Tissue

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Kubo, Mitsumasa ^a   Shimizu, Chikara ^b   Kijima, Hiromichi ^b   Nagai, Soh ^b   Koike, Takao ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH receptor; Adipose tissue; Alternate promoter; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; RNA; RNA LIGASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EXON; GENOME; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TATA BOX;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; EXONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642422251     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.51.25     Document Type: Article

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