Identification of Cis - Elements Necessary for Glucocorticoid Induction of Growth Hormone Gene 1 Expression in Chicken Embryonic Pituitary cells 2 3

Identification of Cis-Elements Necessary for Glucocorticoid Induction of Growth Hormone Gene 1 Expression in Chicken Embryonic Pituitary cells 2 3 Kristina Heuck-Knubel, Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz, Jyoti Narayana, Laura Ellestad, 4 Nattiya Prakobsaeng, and Tom E. Porter 2 5 Department of Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 6 USA 7 2 Molecular & Cell Biology Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA 8 School of Biology, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon 9 Ratchasima 30000, Thailand 10 11 Running Head: Glucocorticoid Induction of Embryonic GH 12 13 Corresponding author: 14 Dr. Tom E. Porter 15 Department of Animal and Avian Sciences 16 University of Maryland 17 College Park, MD 20742 18 [email protected] 19 20 Articles in PresS. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (December 7, 2011). doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00492.2011