Thyroid Transcription Factor 1, a Homeodomain Containing Transcription Factor, Contributes to Regulating Periodic Oscillations in GnRH Gene Expression

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 916-929

  Matagne, V ^a,e   Kim, J G ^b   Ryu, B J ^b   Hur, M K ^b   Kim, M S ^b   Kim, K ^c   Park, B S ^b   Damante, G ^d   Smiley, G ^a   Lee, B J ^b   Ojeda, S R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clock genes; GnRH gene expression; Transcriptional control; TTF1

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BMAL1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE SILENCING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84860903387     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02302.x     Document Type: Article

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