The INSL3 gene is a direct target for the orphan nuclear receptor, COUP-TFII, in Leydig cells

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-55

  Mendoza Villarroel, Raifish E ^a   Di Luoffo, Mickaël ^a   Camiré, Etienne ^a   Giner, Xavier C ^a   Brousseau, Catherine ^a   Tremblay, Jacques J ^a,b,c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Insulin like; Leydig cells; NR2F2; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; DNA; INSULIN; INSULIN LIKE 3; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LEYDIG INSULIN-LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TESTIS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL LINE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSULIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE DELETION; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

EID: 84903616074     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-13-0290     Document Type: Article

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