Estrogen receptor subtype- and promoter-specific modulation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-dependent transcription

Molecular Cancer Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 977-986

  Wihlén, Björn ^a   Ahmed, Shaimaa ^b   Inzunza, José ^a   Matthews, Jason ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFECTION;

MUS;

EID: 67649595321     PISSN: 15417786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-08-0396     Document Type: Article

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