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Estrogen receptor alpha and Sp1 regulate progesterone receptor gene expression.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 28 Mar 2003
Schultz Jennifer R, Petz Larry N, Nardulli Ann M
Abstract excerpt
The progesterone receptor (PR) gene is induced by estrogen in reproductive and mammary tissues and in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells even though the human PR gene lacks an estrogen response element. We have identified a region from -80 to -34 in the PR gene that contains two Sp1 sites and confers estrogen responsiveness to a heterologous promoter in an estrogen and estrogen receptoralpha (ERalpha)-dependent...
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