Morpholino-mediated knockdown of ERα, ERβa, and ERβb mRNAs in zebrafish (danio rerio) embryos reveals differential regulation of estrogen-inducible genes

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4158-4169

  Griffin, Lucinda B ^a   January, Kathleen E ^a   Ho, Karen W ^a   Cotter, Kellie A ^a   Callard, Gloria V ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA B GENE; EXON; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLINOS; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84885774195     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1446     Document Type: Article

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