Aromatase-knockout mouse carrying an estrogen-inducible enhanced green fluorescent protein gene facilitates detection of estrogen actions in vivo

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1880-1888

  Toda, Katsumi ^a   Okada, Yasushi ^a   Zubair, Mohamad ^b   Morohashi, Ken Ichiro ^c   Saibara, Toshiji ^a   Okada, Teruhiko ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN GENE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GONAD; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENES; UTERUS;

EID: 1642464819     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0952     Document Type: Article

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