The RHOX homeodomain proteins regulate the expression of insulin and other metabolic regulators in the testis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 34809-34825

  MacLean II, James A ^a,b   Hu, Zhiying ^b   Welborn, Joshua P ^a   Song, Hye Won ^b,c   Rao, Manjeet K ^b,d   Wayne, Chad M ^b,e   Wilkinson, Miles F ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; CELLULAR METABOLISM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE INFERTILITY; RATE-LIMITING ENZYMES; SECRETED PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; DEFECTS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; INSULIN; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

METABOLISM;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN RHOX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOQ GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOTINYLATION; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INS2 GENE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION SITE; RETN GENE; RHOX5 GENE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84889065385     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.486340     Document Type: Article

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