The transcription factor FOXL2 mobilizes estrogen signaling to maintain the identity of ovarian granulosa cells

eLife

Volumn 3, Issue November, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Georges, Adrien ^a,b,c   L'Hôte, David ^a,b,d   Todeschini, Anne Laure ^a,b   Auguste, Aurélie ^a,b   Legois, Bérangère ^a,b   Zider, Alain ^a,b   Veitia, Reiner A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; FOXL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRANULOSA CELL; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84936129062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.04207     Document Type: Article

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