USF1/2 transcription factor DNA-binding activity is induced during rat sertoli cell differentiation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-33

  Wood, Michelle A ^a   Walker, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhlh proteins; E box factors; Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicle stimulating hormone receptor; Gene regulation; Id proteins; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; FOLLITROPIN; THYROXINE; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TESTIS; THYROXINE; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 58149492943     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.070037     Document Type: Article

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