Comparison of the responsiveness of the pGL3 and pGL4 luciferase reporter vectors to steroid hormones

BioTechniques

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Dougherty, Dawne C ^a   Sanders, Michel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE;

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; OVALBUMIN GENE (OV) GENE; PGL4 LUCIFERASE REPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

HORMONES;

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LUCIFERASE; PGL3 ENZYME; PGL4 ENZYME; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYBRID PROTEIN; OVALBUMIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; TRANSACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LUCIFERASES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OVALBUMIN; OVIDUCTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 25644461156     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05392ST02     Document Type: Article

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