Regulated expression of estrogen receptor α and β mRNA in granule cells during development of the rat cerebellum

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-69

  Belcher, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cerebellum; Estrogen receptor; Granule cell; mRNA expression; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENETIC CODE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033536057     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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