Genomic and nongenomic cross talk between the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor and glucocorticoid receptor signaling pathways

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1726-1745

  Kotitschke, Andrea ^a   Sadie Van Gijsen, Hanél ^b   Avenant, Chanel ^a   Fernandes, Sandra ^b,c   Hapgood, Janet P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; SERINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMICS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350461911     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0462     Document Type: Article

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