Sex steroid hormone receptors in the developing female reproductive tract of laboratory rodents

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-89

  Okada, Akinobu ^a   Sato, Tomomi ^b   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^c,d   Iguchi, Taisen ^d,e  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen receptor; M llerian duct; Progesterone receptor; Reproductive tracts

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BINDING; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW;

RODENTIA;

EID: 20444492865     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.30.75     Document Type: Review

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