In vivo identification of a 107-base pair promoter element mediating neuron-specific expression of mouse gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-471

  Kim, Helen H ^a   Wolfe, Andrew ^a   Cohen, Ronald N ^a   Eames, Stefani C ^a   Johnson, Amanda L ^a   Wieland, Carilyn N ^a   Radovick, Sally ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEURONS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSGENES;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33846619696     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2005-0216     Document Type: Article

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