Estrogen receptor-β messenger ribonucleic acid expression in the pituitary gland

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5151-5156

  Wilson, Melinda E ^a,c   Price Jr , Richard H ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031757419     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.12.6354     Document Type: Article

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