Sex-and Cell-Specific Expression of an Estrogen Receptor Isoform in the Pituitary Gland

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 522-529

  Demay, Florence ^a   Tiffoche, Christophe ^a   Thieulant, Marie Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Gonadal steroid receptors; Lactotropes; Molecular neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FEMALE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029900509     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127081     Document Type: Article

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