Expression and cellular localization of estrogen receptors α and β in the human fetus

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2258-2262

  Takeyama, Junji ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Inoue, Satoshi ^b   Kaneko, Chika ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^c   Sasano, Hironobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY; LUNG; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035024422     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.5.2258     Document Type: Article

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