The expression of cytosolic phospholipase A2 and prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase in ovine maternal uterine and fetal tissues during late gestation and labor

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4010-4017

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Wu, Wen X ^a   Brenna, J Thomas ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GESTATIONAL AGE; LABOR; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0029819006     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.9.8756578     Document Type: Article

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