Androgen receptor drives transcription of rat PACAP in Gonadotrope cells

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1343-1356

  Grafer, Constance M ^a   Halvorson, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GONADOTROPHS; GONADOTROPINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84880831030     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1378     Document Type: Article

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