Identification and analysis of two novel sites of rat GnRH receptor gene promoter activity: The pineal gland and retina

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-131

  Schang, Anne Laure ^a   Bleux, Christian ^a   Chenut, Marie Claude ^a   Ngô Muller, Valérie ^a   Quérat, Bruno ^a   Jeanny, Jean Claude ^b   Counis, Raymond ^a   Cohen Tannoudji, Joëlle ^a   Laverrière, Jean Noël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

GnRH receptor; Gonadotrope; hPLAP; OTX2; Pineal gland; Pituitary; Retina; Transcription factors; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; PROP1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ISL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PINEAL GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RETINA;

EID: 84876284236     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337661     Document Type: Article

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