Androgen receptor in the oviduct of the turtle, Trachemys scripta

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-70

  Selcer, Kyle W ^a   Smith, Stacy ^a   Clemens, Jeffrey W ^a   Palmer, Brent D ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Female reproductive tract; Oviduct; Steroid hormone receptors; Trachemys scripta; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOSOL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE BINDING; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOASSAY; TURTLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 16244371322     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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