Estrogen actions in the ovary revisited

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-276

  Britt, K L ^a   Findlay, J K ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LIGAND; PHYTOESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; BIRTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GONAD; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MAMMAL; MENOPAUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SURVIVAL; TESTIS;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0036855363     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1750269     Document Type: Review

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