Estrogen-independent expression of neuropsin, a serine protease in the vagina of mice exposed neonatally to diethylstilbestrol

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 99-107

  Katsu, Yoshinao ^a,b   Takasu, Eri ^a   Iguchi, Taisen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornification; Differential display; Mouse vagina; Neuropsin; Vaginal epithelium

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; NEUROPSIN; PROTEIN DDV5; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KALLIKREIN; KLK8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KALLIKREINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VAGINA;

EID: 0037201751     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(02)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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