The importance of ERβ signalling in the ovary

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Drummond, Ann E ^a   Fuller, Peter J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENISTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PESTICIDE; PLASTIC; TOXIN;

BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GRANULOSA CELL; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; NF-KAPPA B; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77949503640     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-09-0379     Document Type: Review

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