The transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator functions as an estrogen receptor β-selective coactivator, and its recruitment to alternative pathways mediates antiestrogenic effects of dioxin

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-316

  Rüegg, Joëlle ^a   Swedenborg, Elin ^a   Wahlström, David ^a   Escande, Aurelie ^b   Balaguer, Patrick ^b   Pettersson, Katarina ^a   Pongratz, Ingemar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HETERODIMER; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DIMERIZATION; DIOXINS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38749143249     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2007-0128     Document Type: Article

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