Molecular cloning of estrogen receptors a and β in the ovary of a teleost fish, the tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 653-658

  Chang, Xiaotian ^a,b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^a   Todo, Takashi ^a,c   Ikeuchi, Toshitaka ^a   Yoshiura, Masatoshi ^a   Kajiura Kobayashi, Hiroko ^a   Morrey, Craig ^a   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033177354     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.653     Document Type: Article

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