SK3 channel expression during pregnancy is regulated through estrogen and Sp factor-mediated transcriptional control of the KCNN3 gene

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Pierce, Stephanie L ^a   England, Sarah K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Preterm labor; Small conductance calcium activated potassium channel 3; Specificity protein 1 and 3; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN SK3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KCNN3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RNA; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KCNN3 GENE; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UTERUS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOMETRIUM; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SP3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77957585567     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00063.2010     Document Type: Article

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