Immunolocalisation of oestrogen receptors alpha (ERα) and beta (ERβ) in porcine embryos and fetuses at different stages of gestation

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-233

  Knapczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Duda, Malgorzata ^a   Szafranska, Bozena ^b   Wolsza, Katarzyna ^a   Panasiewicz, Grzegorz ^b   Koziorowski, Marek ^c   Slomczynska, Maria ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Embryo; ER ; ER ; Immunohistochemistry; Pig

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 52649149768     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.56.2008.2.10     Document Type: Article

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