Tissue-specific actions of the Ept1, Ept2, Ept6, and Ept9 genetic determinants of responsiveness to estrogens in the female rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3850-3859

  Kurz, Scott G ^a   Hansen, Kimberly K ^a   McLaughlin, Mac T ^a   Shivaswamy, Vijay ^b   Schaffer, Beverly S ^a   Gould, Karen A ^a   McComb, Rodney D ^b   Meza, Jane L ^a   Shull, James D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROLACTIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONGENIC STRAIN; COPENHAGEN RAT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HYPOPHYSIS; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; THYMUS ATROPHY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; ATROPHY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 47949102620     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0173     Document Type: Article

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