Epithelial progesterone receptor exhibits pleiotropic roles in uterine development and function

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1218-1227

  Franco, Heather L ^a   Rubel, Cory A ^a   Large, Michael J ^a   Wetendorf, Margeaux ^a   Fernandez Valdivia, Rodrigo ^b   Jeong, Jae Wook ^d   Spencer, Thomas E ^e   Behringer, Richard R ^c   Lydon, John P ^a   DeMayo, Francesco J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; WNT PROTEINS;

MUS;

EID: 84857762219     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-193334     Document Type: Article

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