Inhibition of rat sexual behavior by antisense oligonucleotides to the progesterone receptor

Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1409-1414

  Mani, Shailaja K ^a   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^b   Allen, Jamie M C ^a   Law, Simon W ^a   O'Malley, Bert W ^a   Clark, James H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0028136392     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.135.4.7925102     Document Type: Article

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