Genetic mechanisms mediating kisspeptin regulation of GnRH gene expression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 17391-17400

  Novaira, Horacio J ^a   Fadoju, Doris ^a,b   Diaczok, Daniel ^a   Radovick, Sally ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emory Children's Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84870176736     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2438-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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