The unexpected promiscuity of steroid hormones

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-264

  Pilgrim, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; HORMONES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033383745     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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