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FoxL2 and Smad3 coordinately regulate follistatin gene transcription.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Mar 2009
Blount Amy L, Schmidt Karsten, Justice Nicholas J, Vale Wylie W, Fischer Wolfgang H, Bilezikjian Louise M
Abstract excerpt
Follistatin is a transcriptional target and a modulator of activin action. Through an autocrine/paracrine loop, activin controls follistatin levels and thus regulates its own bioavailability. In gonadotropic alphaT3-1 cells, activin induces follistatin transcription primarily through the action of Smad3 at an intronic Smad-binding element (SBE1). Using a proteomics approach, we searched for endogenous alphaT3-1...
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