Molecular characterization and brain distribution of the progesterone receptor in whiptail lizards

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-74

  O'Connell, Lauren A ^a   Matthews, Bryan J ^a   Patel, Sagar B ^a   O'Connell, Jeremy D ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Parthenogenesis; Progesterone receptor; Reptile; Sexual behavior; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CNEMIDOPHORUS INORNATUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS UNIPARENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 79951513072     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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