sub:provenance { beldoc:dce:description "Approximately 61,000 statements." ; dce:rights "Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Selventa. All rights reserved." ; dce:title "BEL Framework Large Corpus Document" ; pav:authoredBysub:_6 ; pav:version "20131211" . sub:_5prov:value "We examined the effect of Dlx5 expression on the promoter activation of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) gene, which is essential for gonadal and adrenal steroidogenesis, in a Leydig cell line. Dlx5 efficiently activates the StAR promoter when GATA-4, another transcription factor essential for testicular steroidogenesis, was coexpressed. The transcriptional activation required the GATA-4-recognition element in the StAR promoter region and Dlx5 can physically interact with GATA-4. Furthermore, we herein show that the double inactivation of Dlx5 and Dlx6 in the mouse leads to decreased testosterone level and abnormal masculinization phenotype. " ; prov:wasQuotedFrompubmed:18276760 . sub:_6rdfs:label "Selventa" . sub:assertionprov:hadPrimarySourcepubmed:18276760 ; prov:wasDerivedFrombeldoc: , sub:_5 . }