Does estrogen receptor β play a significant role in human reproduction?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 222-227

  Saunders, Philippa T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FERTILITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 20744442907     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2005.05.006     Document Type: Review

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