Estrogen receptor signaling during vertebrate development

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1849, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 142-151

  Bondesson, Maria ^a   Hao, Ruixin ^b,c   Lin, Chin Yo ^a   Williams, Cecilia ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a,d  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Reproductive development; Sex differentiation; Vertebrate development

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HORMONE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COTURNIX JAPONICA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GALLUS GALLUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; OVIPARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAINBOW TROUT; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD; CHILD; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHILD; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FISHES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84921023929     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.06.005     Document Type: Review

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