Role of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, scleraxis, in the regulation of Sertoli cell function and differentiation

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2164-2174

  Muir, Tera ^a   Sadler Riggleman, Ingrid ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SCLERAXIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; DIMERIZATION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; MALE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 23744516948     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2004-0473     Document Type: Article

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