Kisspeptin regulates gonadotropin genes via immediate early gene induction in pituitary gonadotropes

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1283-1294

  Witham, Emily A ^a   Meadows, Jason D ^a   Hoffmann, Hanne M ^a   Shojaei, Shadi ^a   Coss, Djurdjica ^a   Kauffman, Alexander S ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; GONADOTROPHS; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84880769167     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1405     Document Type: Article

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