Ontogeny of estrogen receptor alpha, estrogen receptor beta and androgen receptor, and their co-localization with Islet-1 in the dorsal root ganglia of sheep fetuses during gestation

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-533

  Luo, Haoshu ^a   Liu, Jiali ^a   Kang, Duo ^a   Cui, Sheng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Dorsal root ganglia; Estrogen receptors; Islet 1

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FETUS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 41049106902     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0380-4     Document Type: Article

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