Mechanisms underlying the tissue-specific and regulated activity of the Gnrhr promoter in mammals

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Schang, Anne Laure ^a   Quérat, Bruno ^a   Simon, Violaine ^a   Garrel, Ghislaine ^a   Bleux, Christian ^a   Counis, Raymond ^a   Cohen Tannoudji, Joëlle ^a   Laverrière, Jean Noël ^a  

^a Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière   (France)

Author keywords

GnRH receptor; Gonadotrope cell lines; Homeodomain proteins; Promoter regions; Steroidogenic factor 1; Transcription; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874412648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00162     Document Type: Review

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