IUGR increases chromatin-remodeling factor Brg1 expression and binding to GR exon 1.7 promoter in newborn male rat hippocampus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2015, Pages R119-R127

  Ke, Xingrao ^a,b   McKnight, Robert A ^b   Gracey Maniar, Lia E ^c   Sun, Ying ^d   Callaway, Christopher W ^b   Majnik, Amber ^a   Lane, Robert H ^a   Cohen, Susan S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahma related gene 1; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Intrauterine growth restriction

Indexed keywords

BRG1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; DNA HELICASE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NR3C1 PROTEIN, RAT; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOSOME; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMARCA4 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAHMA RELATED GENE 1; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA POLYMERASE II GENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1 GENE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUCLEOSOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA HELICASES; EXONS; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA POLYMERASE II; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84937440345     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00495.2014     Document Type: Article

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