Androgen receptor, estrogen receptor α, and estrogen receptor β show distinct patterns of expression in forebrain song control nuclei of european starlings

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4633-4643

  Bernard, D J ^a   Bentley, G E ^a   Balthazart, J ^a   Turek, F W ^a   Ball, G F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033305680     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.10.7024     Document Type: Article

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