Estrogen receptors in the stingray (Dasyatis akajei) ultimobranchial gland

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-114

  Yamamoto, Kazutoshi ^a   Suzuki, Nobuo ^b   Takahashi, Noriyuki ^a   Sasayama, Yuichi ^b   Kikuyama, Sakae ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY;

EID: 0029964138     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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