Molecular cloning and characterization of estrogen, androgen, and progesterone nuclear receptors from a freshwater turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-173

  Katsu, Yoshinao ^a,b   Ichikawa, Rie ^a   Ikeuchi, Toshitaka ^c   Kohno, Satomi ^d   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^d   Iguchi, Taisen ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NAGAHAMA INSTITUTE OF BIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^e OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GESTAGEN; LIGAND; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TURTLE;

EID: 37549045291     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0938     Document Type: Article

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