ERβ protein expression in female cynomolgus monkey and CF-1 mouse brain: Western analysis

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-309

  Hu, Shan ^a   Lu, Shi Fang ^a   Kaplan, Jay R ^b   Adams, Michael R ^b   Simon, Neal G ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; ER ; Estradiol; Isoforms; Monkey; Mouse; Western analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY PA1 310B; ANTIBODY PA1 311; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONKEY; MOUSE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MACACA; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MICE; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 22244489350     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20139     Document Type: Article

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