Radioligand and immunochemical studies of turtle oviduct progesterone and estrogen receptors: Correlations with hormone treatment and oviduct contractility

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-75

  Giannoukos, G ^a   Callard, I P ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

EID: 0029913202     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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