p21-Activated kinase mediates rapid estradiol-negative feedback actions in the reproductive axis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 7221-7226

  Zhao, Zhen ^a   Park, Cheryl ^a   McDevitt, Melissa A ^a   Glidewell Kenney, Christine ^b   Chambon, Pierre ^c   Weiss, Jeffrey ^b   Jameson, J Larry ^b   Levine, Jon E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor ; GnRH; LH

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66349126271     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812597106     Document Type: Article

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