Expression of c-fos and c-jun protooncogenes in the uteri of immature mice neonatally exposed to diethylstilbestrol

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-92

  Yamashita, Shuji ^a   Takayanagi, A ^b   Shimizu, N ^b  

^a Keio Junior College of Nursing   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c Fos; c Jun; Diethylstilbestrol; Immature mouse; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTION; MATURITY; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; OVARY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE; STEROID RELEASE; STIMULATION; STROMA; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENES, FOS; GENES, JUN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037214846     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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