Gap junction connexin genes cx26 and cx43 are differentially regulated by ovarian steroid hormones in rat endometrium

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2509-2516

  Grümmer, Ruth ^a   Traub, Otto ^b   Winterhager, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033278992     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.6.6640     Document Type: Article

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