NeuroD1 and Mash1 temporally regulate GnRH receptor gene expression in immortalized mouse gonadotrope cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 106-114

  Cherrington, Brian D ^a   Bailey, Janice S ^a   Diaz, Alejandro L ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; bHLH transcription factor; Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E47; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR GENE; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; E-BOX ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; GONADOTROPHS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, LHRH; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 54849410425     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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