Gene expression: Oestrogen receptor hijacked

被引：16

作者：

Brosens, JJ ^{[1
]}

Parker, MG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Inst Reprod & Dev Biol, London W12 0NN, England

来源：

NATURE | 2003年 / 423卷 / 6939期

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D O I：

10.1038/423487a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Widespread pollution of the environment by dioxins poses a risk to human health. The mechanism used by these chemicals to alter the body's responses to oestrogens is now being unveiled.

引用

页码：487 / 488

页数：2

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