Biosensors paving the way to understanding the interaction between cadmium and the estrogen receptor alpha

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Fechner, Peter ^a   Damdimopoulou, Pauliina ^b   Gauglitz, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSENSOR; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REFLECTOMETRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CADMIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HUMANS;

EID: 79960985919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023048     Document Type: Article

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