Molecular cloning, characterization, and chromosome mapping of reptilian estrogen receptors

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5710-5720

  Katsu, Yoshinao ^a,b   Matsubara, Kazumi ^b,c   Kohno, Satomi ^d   Matsuda, Yoichi ^b,e   Toriba, Michihisa ^f   Oka, Kaori ^b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^d,h   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^g   Iguchi, Taisen ^a  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Japan Snake Institute   (Japan)

^g TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TURTLE;

EID: 78649828324     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0356     Document Type: Article

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