The proximal Gata4 promoter directs reporter gene expression to Sertoli cells during mouse gonadal development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Guittot, Séverine Mazaud ^a   Tétu, Amélie ^a   Legault, Eric ^a   Pilon, Nicolas ^b   Silversides, David W ^b   Viger, Robert S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Gene regulation; Sertoli cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; E BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GATA4 GENE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOSA CELL; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; THECA CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; E-BOX ELEMENTS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SERTOLI CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS; TRANSGENES;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33845785183     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.055137     Document Type: Article

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