Aromatase promoter I.f is regulated by estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) in mouse hypothalamic neuronal cell lines

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 956-965

  Yilmaz, M Bertan ^a,b   Wolfe, Andrew ^c   Cheng, You Hong ^a   Glidewell Kenney, Christine ^a   Jameson, J Larry ^a   Bulun, Serdar E ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; c Jun; Estradiol; Estradiol receptor; Estrogen receptor 1; Hypothalamus; Mechanisms of hormone action; Neuron; Promoter I.f

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; ANTIESTROGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FULVESTRANT; PROTEIN C FOS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENZYME ASSAYS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 73349116878     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077206     Document Type: Article

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