Glucocorticoid receptor gene expression during rat embryogenesis. An in situ hybridization study

Differentiation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-31

  Kitraki, Efthimia ^a   Kittas, Christos ^a   Stylianopoulou, Fotini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; LUNG; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SCLEROTOME; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030731067     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1997.6210021.x     Document Type: Article

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