Regulation of porcine pituitary glycoprotein hormone alpha subunit gene with LIM-homeobox transcription factor Lhx3

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-432

  Susa, Takao ^a   Ishikawa, Akio ^a   Kato, Takako ^a   Nakayama, Michie ^a   Kitahara, Kousuke ^a   Kato, Yukio ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Lhx3; LIM homeodomain; Pituitary glycoprotein hormone

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SWINE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SWINE;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS; SUS;

EID: 70349660155     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20232     Document Type: Article

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