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TL;DR: It is concluded that clone 29 cDNA encodes a novel rat ER, which is suggested be named rat ERbeta to distinguish it from the previously cloned ER (ERalpha) from rat uterus.

TL;DR: The messenger RNA expression of both ER subtypes in rat tissues by RT-PCR is investigated and the ligand binding specificity of the ER sub types is compared, revealing a single binding component for 16β-estradiol with high affinity.

TL;DR: The role of estrogen receptors in physiology and pathology has been investigated in the past decade and it was found that there was not one but two distinct and functional estrogen receptors, now called ERα and ERβ.

TL;DR: The generation of mice lacking estrogen receptor beta (ERbeta -/-) is described by insertion of a neomycin resistance gene into exon 3 of the coding gene by using homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells to determine the role of ERbeta in bone and cardiovascular homeostasis.

TL;DR: A 1276-base pair cDNA from a rat heart cDNA library that encodes a novel thioredoxin (Trx2) of 166 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 18.2 kDa possessed a dithiol-reducing enzymatic activity and was able to reduce the interchain disulfide bridges of insulin.