The sheep estrogen receptor: Cloning and regulation of expression in the hypothalamo-pituitary axis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-163

  Madigou, Thierry ^a   Tiffoche, Christophe ^a   Lazennec, Gwendal ^a   Pelletier, Jean ^b   Thieulant, Marie Lise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Castration; Cloning; Estrogen receptor; Gene expression; Hypothalamus; Photoperiodism; Pituitary; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIGHT; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 0030576611     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03860-9     Document Type: Article

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