Estrogen dependent signaling in reproductive tissues - A role for estrogen receptors and estrogen related receptors

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 361-372

  Gibson, Douglas A ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Estrogen receptor; Estrogen related receptor; Fertility

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL TYPE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 82655162030     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.09.026     Document Type: Review

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