The role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in the female reproductive system

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 547-559

  Hernández Ochoa, Isabel ^a   Karman, Bethany N ^a   Flaws, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Female reproduction; Ovary; Oviduct; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR;

CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 59149087203     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.09.037     Document Type: Review

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