Immunolocalization of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor in the rat epididymis

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Martínez Traverso, Griselle B ^a,b   Pearl, Christopher A ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; GPER; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS CAPUT; EPIDIDYMIS CORPUS; EPIDIDYMIS INITIAL SEGMENT; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84930618972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0042-z     Document Type: Article

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