A FoxL in the Smad house: Activin regulation of FSH

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 562-568

  Coss, Djurdjica ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^a   Thackray, Varykina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ACTIVATED KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956186202     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2010.05.006     Document Type: Review

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