Regulation of the estrogen receptor and its messenger ribonucleic acid in the ovariectomized sheep myometrium and endometrium: The role of estradiol and progesterone

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 762-768

  Wu, Wen Xuan ^a   Owiny, James ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Ma, Xiao Hong ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0000713776     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.4.762     Document Type: Article

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