Enhanced at puberty 1 (EAP1) is a new transcriptional regulator of the female neuroendocrine reproductive axis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2145-2154

  Heger, Sabine ^a,f   Mastronardi, Claudio ^b,g   Dissen, Gregory A ^b   Lomniczi, Alejandro ^b   Cabrera, Ricardo ^b,h   Roth, Christian L ^b,i   Jung, Heike ^b,j   Galimi, Francesco ^c,d   Sippell, Wolfgang ^e   Ojeda, Sergio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f Children's Hospital Auf der Bult   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

ⁱ SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENHANCED AT PUBERTY 1 PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PREPROENKEPHALIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; EAP1 GENE; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENE; GNRH1 GENE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LENTIVIRUS; MACACA MULATTA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVARY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34547657844     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI31752     Document Type: Article

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