Epididymis-specific lipocalin promoters

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-521

  Suzuki, Kichiya ^a,b   Yu, Xiuping ^b   Chaurand, Pierre ^b   Araki, Yoshihiko ^b,c   Lareyre, Jean Jacques ^b   Caprioli, Richard M ^b   Orgebin crist, Marie Claire ^b   Matusik, Robert J ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Epididymis; Gene cluster; Gene evolution; Gene regulation; Lipocalin; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; LIPOCALIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSTATE; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID;

EID: 34447344522     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00300.x     Document Type: Review

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