Regulation of estrogen receptor α and β expression by testosterone in the rat prostate gland

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-287

  Asano, Kosuke ^b   Maruyama, Satoshi ^b   Usui, Tsuguru ^b   Fujimoto, Nariaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive RT PCR; Estrogen receptor and ; Rat prostate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CYTOSOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038269956     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.281     Document Type: Article

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