A novel role for the forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 in activin A-regulated follicle-stimulating hormone β subunit transcription

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1001-1013

  Lamba, Pankaj ^a   Fortin, Jérôme ^a   Tran, Stella ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Bernard, Daniel J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN FOXL2; SMAD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MURINAE; SUS;

EID: 67649592212     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0324     Document Type: Article

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