Mechanism of estrogen action: Lessons from the estrogen receptor-α knockout mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 470-475

  Cooke, Paul S ^a   Buchanan, David L ^a   Lubahn, Dennis B ^b   Cunha, Gerald R ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UTERUS; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0031874131     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.3.470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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