Insights from the study of animals lacking functional estrogen receptor.

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Insights from the study of animals lacking functional estrogen receptor.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Dec 1994

Korach K S

Abstract excerpt

Estrogen hormones produce physiological actions within a variety of target sites in the body and during development by activating a specific receptor protein. Hormone responsiveness for the estrogen receptor protein was investigated at different stages of development with the use of gene knockout...

Topics

Animals
Estrogens
Female
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Humans
Infertility, Female
Infertility, Male
Male
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Mutation
Phenotype
Receptors, Estrogen
Signal Transduction

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