Homeodomain proteins six3 and six6 regulate gonadotrope-specific genes during pituitary development

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 842-855

  Xie, Huimin ^a   Hoffmann, Hanne M ^a   Meadows, Jason D ^a   Mayo, Susan L ^a   Trang, Crystal ^a   Leming, Sunamita S ^a   Maruggi, Chiara ^a   Davis, Shannon W ^b,c   Larder, Rachel ^a,d   Mellon, Pamela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREPRESSOR PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN SIX3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN SIX6; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSDUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN PITX1; NERVE PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN BINDING; SINE OCULIS HOMEOBOX HOMOLOG 3 PROTEIN; SIX6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STEROID; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOPHYSIS; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GONADOTROPHS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84930848044     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2014-1279     Document Type: Article

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