Fluorescence and inmunohistological detection of estrogen receptors in dog testis and epidydimis after oral coumestrol administration

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 977-980

  Serrano, Hector ^a   Pérez Rivero, Juan José ^b   Martínez Maya, José Juán ^b   Aguilar Setién, Alvaro ^c   Pérez Martinez, Mario ^b   García Suárez, Maria Dolores ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coumestrol; Estrogen receptor; Fluorescence detection; Immunohistochemistry; Morphology; Testis

Indexed keywords

COUMESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; GAMETE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEYDIG CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS;

EID: 59849087160     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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