Regulation of interferon-τ (IFN-τ) gene promoters by growth factors that target the Ets-2 composite enhancer: A possible model for maternal control of ifn-τ production by the conceptus during early pregnancy

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4452-4460

  Ezashi, Toshihiko ^a   Roberts, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE RAS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; FETUS; GENES, REPORTER; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INTERFERON TYPE I; MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-2; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 4644265040     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0606     Document Type: Article

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