Egr1 protein acts downstream of estrogen-leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)-STAT3 pathway and plays a role during implantation through targeting Wnt4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 23534-23545

  Liang, Xiao Huan ^a   Deng, Wen Bo ^a   Li, Ming ^b   Zhao, Zhen Ao ^c   Wang, Tong Song ^d   Feng, Xu Hui ^b   Cao, Yu Jing ^c   Duan, En Kui ^c   Yang, Zeng Ming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASES; MAMMALS; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DOWNSTREAM TARGET; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTORS; MAMMARY TUMORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCERS; SIGNALING PATHWAYS;

CYTOLOGY;

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ESTROGEN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; EGR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIF PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRIMER DNA; STAT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NIDATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT4 PROTEIN;

EID: 84906535935     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.588897     Document Type: Article

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