Characterization of a cis-acting element involved in cell-specific expression of the zebrafish brain aromatase gene

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1549-1557

  Le Page, Yann ^a   Menuet, Arnaud ^b   Kah, Olivier ^a   Pakdel, Farzad ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

cyp19b; Estrogen receptors; Glial cells; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 50249155521     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20892     Document Type: Article

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