GnRH induces the c-Fos gene via phosphorylation of SRF by the calcium/calmodulin kinase II pathway

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 669-680

  Ely, Heather A ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^a   Coss, Djurdjica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79953740938     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2010-0437     Document Type: Article

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