Human growth hormone receptor gene expression is regulated by Gfi-1/1b and GAGA cis-elements

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-147

  Kenth, Gurvinder ^a,b   Puzhko, Svetlana ^b   Goodyer, Cynthia Gates ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

GAGA box; Gfi 1; GHR; GHRE; Human growth hormone receptor gene

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GAGA BINDING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR INDEPENDENT FACTOR 1; GROWTH FACTOR INDEPENDENT FACTOR 1B; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FETUS LIVER; GAGA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR GENE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER TUMOR; MAMMAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79951726749     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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