Regulation of the Rhox5 homeobox gene in primary granulosa cells: Preovulatory expression and dependence on SP1/SP3 and GABP

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1126-1134

  MacLean II, James A ^a   Rao, Manjeet K ^a   Doyle, Kari M H ^b   Richards, JoAnne S ^b   Wilkinson, Miles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Granulosa cells; Homeobox; Ovary; Ovulatory cycle

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN RHOX5; MESSENGER RNA; RAS PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; FEMALE; GA-BINDING PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; OVULATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; RAS PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SP3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28144437383     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.042747     Document Type: Article

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