Role of estrogen receptor-α in the anterior pituitary gland

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 674-681

  Scully, Kathleen M ^a   Gleiberman, Anatoli S ^a   Lindzey, Jonathan ^b   Lubahn, Dennis B ^c   Korach, Kenneth S ^b   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a,d  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030924640     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.11.6.674     Document Type: Article

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