Activation of the black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) somatolactin-α gene promoter by Pit-1c in the Hepa-T1 cell-line

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 186-199

  Tian, Jing ^a   Chan, King Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Pit 1 variants; Somatolactin gene; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOLACTIN ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FISH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE STRUCTURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

EID: 77349124678     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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