Molecular cloning of two isoforms of Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis estrogen receptor mRNA and their expression during development

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1769, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-181

  Takase, Minoru ^a   Iguchi, Taisen ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Endocrine disrupting compound; Estrogen receptor; Gonad; Liver; Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN XER3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA GENE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TADPOLE; TELEOST; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS; XER3 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

PHASIANIDAE; TELEOSTEI; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 33947637959     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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