The estrogen receptor α colocalizes with proopiomelanocortin in hypothalamic neurons and binds to a conserved motif present in the neuron-specific enhancer nPE2

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 660, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-187

  De Souza, Flávio S J ^a   Nasif, Sofia ^a   López Leal, Rodrigo ^b   Levi, Diego H ^a   Low, Malcolm J ^c   Rubinsten, Marcelo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Melanocortin; Proopiomelanocortin; Transcriptional enhancer; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; NEURON SPECIFIC ENHANCER 2; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR2F6; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR3B1; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOTROPH; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 79955934209     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.10.114     Document Type: Article

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