Abdominal B (AbdB) Hoxa genes: Regulation in adult uterus by estrogen and progesterone and repression in Mullerian duct by the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES)

Developmental Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-154

  Ma, Liang ^a   Benson, Gail V ^a   Lim, Hyunjung ^b   Dey, Sudhansu K ^b   Maas, Richard L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AbdB Hox genes; Diethylstilbestrol; Estrogen; Implantation; Mullerian duct; Progesterone; Reproductive patterning; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; TERATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032523915     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8907     Document Type: Article

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