Estrogen receptor-β is critical to granulosa cell differentiation and the ovulatory response to gonadotropins

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3247-3262

  Couse, John F ^a   Yates, Mariana M ^a   Deroo, Bonnie J ^a   Korach, Kenneth S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, LH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 23044469379     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0213     Document Type: Article

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