Regulation of Lhb and Egr1 gene expression by GNRH pulses in rat pituitaries is both c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)- and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-dependent

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1206-1215

  Burger, Laura L ^a   Haisenleder, Daniel J ^a   Aylor, Kevin W ^a   Marshall, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egrl; Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Luteinizing hormone; MAPK8 9(JNK); MAPKl 3(ERK); Neuroendocrinology; Pituitary hormones

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ANTHRA[1,9 CD]PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; BINDING PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 9; NGFI A BINDING PROTEIN 1; NGFI A BINDING PROTEIN 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHRA(1,9 CD)PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; ANTHRA(1,9-CD)PYRAZOL-6(2H)-ONE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLAVONOID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; LHB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMIDAZOLES; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PYRIDINES; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949106310     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.079426     Document Type: Article

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