Effects of ERα overexpression on female reproduction in mice

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Tomic, Dragana ^a   Frech, Maria Silvina ^b   Babus, Janice K ^a   Symonds, Daniel ^a   Furth, Priscilla A ^b   Koos, Robert D ^a   Flaws, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ER ; Female fertility; Folliculogenesis; Implantation sites; Mouse model; Ovulation; Tetracycline responsive system

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMPLANTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; LITTER SIZE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 34247129668     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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