Changes in the content of progesterone receptor isoforms and estrogen receptor alpha in the chick brain during embryonic development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 447-452

  Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a   González Arenas, Aliesha ^a   González Agüero, Gabriela ^a   Guerra Araiza, Christian ^a   González Morán, Genoveva ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chick brain; Embryonic development; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor ; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor isoforms; Sex steroid hormones; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0141567662     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00204-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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