Temporal profile of estrogen-dependent gene expression in LHRH-producing GT1-7 cells

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-134

  Varju, Patricia ^a   Chang, Ken C ^b   Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Merchenthaler, István ^c   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Expression; Gene; GT1 7; Microarray; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MOTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETON; ESTRADIOL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60249086552     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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