What’s new in estrogen receptor action in the female reproductive tract

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2016, Pages R55-R71

  Hewitt, Sylvia C ^a   Winuthayanon, Wipawee ^b   Korach, Kenneth S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Hormone action; Uterus endometrium

Indexed keywords

ESR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84964858027     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-15-0254     Document Type: Review

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