Nuclear receptors in Leydig cell gene expression and function

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Martin, Luc J ^a,c   Tremblay, Jacques J ^a,b  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Leydig cells; Nuclear receptors; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTICULAR ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL RECEPTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR;

EID: 77954197192     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.083824     Document Type: Short Survey

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