Functional and physiological genomics of estrogen-related receptors (ERRs) in health and disease

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1812, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1032-1040

  Deblois, Geneviève ^a,b   Giguère, Vincent ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chromatin immunoprecipitation; Energy metabolism; Mitochondrion; Nuclear receptor; PGC 1

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; BREAST CANCER; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 79958264634     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: 1879260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.12.009     Document Type: Review

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