Class-C Sox transcription factors control GnRH gene expression via the intronic transcriptional enhancer

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1184-1196

  Kim, Hee Dae ^a,b   Choe, Han Kyoung ^a,b   Chung, Sooyoung ^a,b   Kim, Myungjin ^a   Seong, Jae Young ^c   Son, Gi Hoon ^a,b   Kim, Kyungjin ^a,b  

^a Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NEUROHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRONS; LUCIFERASES, RENILLA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOXC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79959831750     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2010-0332     Document Type: Article

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