Developmental and physiological effects of estrogen receptor gene disruption in mice

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 137-145

  Lindzey, Jonathan ^a   Korach, Kenneth S ^a  

^a Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE DISRUPTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0031007224     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(97)00007-6     Document Type: Review

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