SMADs and FOXL2 synergistically regulate murine FSHβ transcription via a conserved proximal promoter element

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1170-1183

  Tran, Stella ^a   Lamba, Pankaj ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Bernard, Daniel J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; DNA; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVITY; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 79959814305     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2010-0480     Document Type: Article

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