Cellular distribution and gene regulation of estrogen receptors α and β in the rat pituitary gland

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3976-3983

  Mitchner, Natasha A ^a   Garlick, Claire ^a   Ben Jonathan, Nira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031759728     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.9.6181     Document Type: Article

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