Characterisation of the androgen regulation of glycine N-methyltransferase in prostate cancer cells

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-312

  Ottaviani, Silvia ^a   Brooke, Greg N ^b   O'Hanlon Brown, Ciara ^a   Waxman, Jonathan ^a   Ali, Simak ^a   Buluwela, Laki ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgen response element; Glycine N methyltransferase; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN LNCAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RESPONSE ELEMENT; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROSTATE CANCER;

ANDROGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 84887340184     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-13-0169     Document Type: Article

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