Transcription of the human EAP1 gene is regulated by upstream components of a puberty-controlling Tumor Suppressor Gene network

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-198

  Mueller, Johanna K ^a   Koch, Ines ^b   Lomniczi, Alejandro ^c   Loche, Alberto ^c   Rulfs, Tomke ^a   Castellano, Juan M ^c   Kiess, Wieland ^b   Ojeda, Sergio ^c   Heger, Sabine ^a,d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital Auf der Bult   (Germany)

Author keywords

EAP1; Gene expression; Puberty; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CUX1; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUX1 GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCED AT PUBERTY 1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PUBERTY; REPORTER GENE; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; YIN YANG 1 GENE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YY1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84857141623     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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