Ovarian actions of estrogen receptor-β: An update

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-38

  Drummond, Ann E ^a   Fuller, Peter J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; environmental estrogens; estrogen; estrogen receptor; ovary

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; DEMETHYLATING AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PHYTOESTROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84856301045     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299595     Document Type: Review

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