Identification of two glucocorticoid response elements in the promoter region of the ubiquitous isoform of glutamine synthetase in gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Esbaugh, Andrew J ^a   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cortisol; Nitrogen metabolism; Ornithine urea cycle; Urea; Ureotely

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPSANUS BETA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BINDING SITES; CROWDING; ENZYME INDUCTION; FISH PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GILLS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70349622020     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00267.2009     Document Type: Article

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