Identification of Smad response elements in the promoter of goldfish FSHβ gene and evidence for their mediation of activin and gnrh stimulation of FSHβ expression

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Lau, Man Tat ^a   Lin, Sze Wah ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activin; FSH; Gnrh; Goldfish; Promoter; Smad responsive element

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874325948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00047     Document Type: Article

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