Transcription and translation of estrogen receptor-β in the male reproductive tract of estrogen receptor-α knock-out and wild-type mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2982-2987

  Rosenfeld, Cheryl S ^a   Ganjam, Venkataseshu K ^a   Taylor, Julia A ^a   Yuan, Xiaohui ^a   Stiehr, James R ^b   Hardy, Matthew P ^c   Lubahn, Dennis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Affinity BioReagents   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031730303     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.6.6028     Document Type: Article

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