Expression of the gonadal p450 aromatase gene of Xenopus and characterization of the 5′-flanking region of the aromatase gene

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Akatsuka, Naoya ^a   Komatsuzaki, Etsuko ^a   Ishikawa, Azusa ^a   Suzuki, Ikue ^a   Yamane, Naoko ^a   Miyata, Shohei ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; p450 Aromatase; Promoter; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; AROMATASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 23144461115     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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