Immunocytochemical detection of estrogen and progesterone receptors in the rabbit submandibular gland

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a   Cerbón, Marco A ^a   Gamboa Domínguez, Armando ^b   González Agüero, Gabriela ^a   González Mariscal, Gabriela ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chin gland; Estrogen; Immunocytochemistry; Progesterone; Rabbit; Scent glands; Scent marking; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; RABBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 0033000849     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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