Estrogen and progesterone receptors and estrogen receptor-related antigen (ER-D5) in human epididymis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 448-455

  Ergun S ^a   Ungefroren, H ^a   Holstein, A F ^a   Davidoff, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Estrogen receptor related antigen; Estrogen receptors; Human; Progesterone receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 0031005406     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199708)47:4<448::AID-MRD12>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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