Molecular identification of estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) and their differential expression during VTG synthesis in the liver of lizard Podarcis sicula

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-238

  Verderame, Mariailaria ^a   Limatola, Ermelinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

ER ; ER ; Liver; Lizard; Reptiles; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITELLOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77955316018     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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