Smad3 and Pitx2 cooperate in stimulation of FSHβ gene transcription

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 27-36

  Suszko, Magdalena I ^a   Antenos, Monica ^a   Balkin, Daniel M ^a   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; Pituitary; Signal transduction; Smad; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; HAPLORHINI; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RATS; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 37349127595     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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