Tissue distribution of estrogen receptors alpha (ER-α) and beta (ER- β) mRNA in the midgestational human fetus

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3509-3512

  Brandenberger, Alfred W ^a   Tee, Meng Kian ^a   Lee, Janet Y ^a   Chao, Victor ^a   Jaffe, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9844257026     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.10.3509     Document Type: Article

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