Seasonal changes in hepatic progesterone receptor mRNA, estrogen receptor mRNA, and vitellogenin mRNA in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-204

  Custodia Lora, Noemí ^a   Callard, Ian P ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

ER mRNA; Liver; PR mRNA; Turtle; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin mRNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; TURTLE; VITELLOGENESIS; WINTER;

CHRYSEMYS PICTA;

EID: 0036417346     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00500-2     Document Type: Article

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