Estrogen receptor β is the predominant isoform expressed in the brain of adult and fetal sheep

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1077-1079

  Deitch, Helen R ^a   Mershon, John L ^a   Clark, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Estrogen receptor; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

EID: 0035340890     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.115223     Document Type: Article

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