Theca-specific estrogen receptor-α knockout mice lose fertility prematurely

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3855-3862

  Lee, Sungeun ^a,f   Kang, Dong Wook ^a,b   Hudgins Spivey, Susan ^a   Krust, Andree ^c   Lee, Eun Young ^d   Koo, Youngbum ^e   Cheon, Yongpil ^f   Myung, Chan Gye ^g   Chambon, Pierre ^c   Ko, CheMyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Eulgi University   (South Korea)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Inje University   (South Korea)

^f Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

^g Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; TESTOSTERONE; THECA CELLS;

EID: 67651162123     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1774     Document Type: Article

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