Forkhead box O1 is a repressor of basal and GnRH-induced Fshb transcription in gonadotropes

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1825-1839

  Skarra, Danalea V ^a   Arriola, David J ^a   Benson, Courtney A ^a   Thackray, Varykina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL TYPE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FSHB GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MOUSE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RODENT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE SILENCING; GONADOTROPHS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886407132     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2013-1185     Document Type: Article

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