Mutant forkhead L2 (FOXL2) proteins associated with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) dimerize with wild- type FOXL2, leading to altered regulation of genes associated with granulosa cell differentiation

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3917-3929

  Kuo, Fang Ting ^a   Bentsi Barnes, Ikuko K ^a   Barlow, Gillian M ^a   Pisarska, Margareta D ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYCLIN D2; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 C11A; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR L2; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE CONTROL; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AROMATASE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 80053143669     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0989     Document Type: Article

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