Oestrogen receptor α and β in female rat pituitary cells: An immunochemical study

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 857-868

  González, Miriam ^a   Reyes, Ricardo ^a   Damas, Carmen ^a   Alonso, Rafael ^a   Bello, Aixa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; ER ; ER ; Estradiol; Immunocytochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Oestrous cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION; SECRETORY VESICLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 38949214781     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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