Cloning and expression of the estrogen receptor-α (Esr1) from the Harderian gland of the sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-209

  Chávez, Bertha ^a   Ramos, Luis ^a   Merchant Larios, Horacio ^b   Vilchis, Felipe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ER; ESR1; Harderian gland; Nuclear receptors; Olive ridley; Reptile HG; TSD

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEROID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HARDER GLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TURTLE;

EID: 67349089019     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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