Chorionic gonadotropin β-subunit gene expression in the marmoset pituitary is controlled by steroidogenic factor 1, early growth response protein 1, and pituitary homeobox factor 1

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 6062-6072

  Henke, Alexander ^a   Luetjens, C Marc ^a   Simoni, Manuela ^a   Gromoll, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUCIFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY HOMEOBOX 1; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DOWN REGULATION; EXON; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPOPHYSIS; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALLITHRIX; CELL LINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 36348937909     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0825     Document Type: Article

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