A novel two-promoter-one-gene system of the chorionic gonadotropin β gene enables tissue-specific expression

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-298

  Adams, Christian ^a   Henke, Alexander ^a,b   Gromoll, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALLITRICHINAE; CGB GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLATYRRHINI; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALLITHRIX; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COS CELLS; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLACENTA; PLATYRRHINI; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84856364067     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-11-0026     Document Type: Article

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