Immunocytochemical localization of oestrogen receptors in perichondrium of antlers in red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-192

  Barrell, G K ^a   Davies, R ^b   Bailey, C I ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Southern Community Laboratories   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Ossification

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEER; ESTROGEN BINDING; HORN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICHONDRIUM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BONE REMODELING; DEER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0033501791     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD99060     Document Type: Article

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