Evolutionary origins of the estrogen signaling system: Insights from amphioxus

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-5, 2011, Pages 176-188

  Callard, G V ^a   Tarrant, A M ^c   Novillo, A ^a   Yacci, P ^a   Ciaccia, L ^a   Vajda, S ^b   Chuang, G Y ^b   Kozakov, D ^b   Greytak, S R ^a   Sawyer, S ^a   Hoover, C ^a   Cotter, K A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Estrogen receptors; Estrogen: Aromatase; Evolution

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING SITE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CHORDATA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTROGENS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81255166822     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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