Estrogen receptor function and regulation in fish and other vertebrates

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-24

  Nelson, Erik R ^b   Habibi, Hamid R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Fish; Function; Nuclear Receptor; Regulation; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; ESTROGEN BINDING; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FISH; FUNCTION; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; REGULATION; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMALS; FISHES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84884415378     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.032     Document Type: Review

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