Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review)

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 203-218

  Rollerova, E ^a   Urbancikova, M ^a  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Hormone responsive element; Ligand inducible transcription factors; Nuclear receptors; Review; Steroid thyroid receptor superfamily

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; ESRRB PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESRRG PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR GAMMA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR RELATED RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-RELATED RECEPTOR BETA; LIGAND;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034573961     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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