Estrogen receptor (α and β) expression in the excurrent ducts of the adult male rat reproductive tract

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 602-611

  Hess, Rex A ^a   Gist, Daniel H ^b   Bunick, David ^a   Lubahn, Dennis B ^c   Farrell, Amy ^a   Bahr, Janice ^a   Cooke, Paul S ^a   Greene, Geoffrey L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent ductules; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETE TESTIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EJACULATORY DUCTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITALIA, MALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS; TRITIUM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031406115     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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