Differential expression of oestrogen receptor α and β proteins in the testes and male reproductive system of human and non-human primates

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-236

  Saunders, Philippa T K ^a   Sharpe, Richard M ^a   Williams, Karin ^a   Macpherson, Sheila ^a   Urquart, Holly ^a   Irvine, D Stewart ^a   Millar, Michael R ^a  

^a MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efferent ductules; Epididymis; Oestrogen receptor; Testis; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LIGAND; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BLADDER; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MACACA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; STROMA CELL; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAS DEFERENS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALLITHRIX; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACACA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIMATES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTIS; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MARMOSETS; MYOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035098832     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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