The multiple untranslated first exons and promoters system of the oestrogen receptor gene in the brain and peripheral tissues of the rat and monkey and the developing rat cerebral cortex

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 281-293

  Kato, Junzo ^a,d   Hirata, Shuji ^b   Koh, Tomoko ^b   Yamada Mouri, Naoko ^b   Hoshi, Kazuhiko ^b   Okinaga, Shoichi ^c  

^a TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Teikyo Heisei Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GESTAGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032052822     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(97)00184-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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