Molecular mechanism for repression of 17α-hydroxylase expression and androstenedione production in granulosa cells

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5163-5168

  Patel, Satin S ^a   Beshay, Victor E ^a   Escobar, Julian C ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^b   Carr, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CYTOCHROME P450 17; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STEROID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA EXTRACTION; THECA CELL;

EID: 73249121077     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1341     Document Type: Article

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