Transactivation properties of wild-type and mutant androgen receptors in transiently transfected primary human fibroblasts

Hormone Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 152-158

  Holterhus, P M ^a   Salzburg, J ^a   Werner, R ^a   Hiort, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity syndrome; Androgen receptor; Fibroblasts; Transactivation; Transfection

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAND BINDING; PLASMID; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CELL LINE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SKIN; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 18744404498     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085005     Document Type: Article

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