Localisation of oestrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) in the human and rat epididymides

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-469

  Kolasa, Agnieszka ^a   Wiszniewska, Barbara ^a   Marchlewicz, Mariola ^a   Wenda Rózewicka, Lidia ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Human and rat epididymis; Immunohistochemistry; Oestrogen receptor and

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346780732     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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