Glycosaminoglycans of the uterine and vaginal cul-de-sac tissue in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 819-823

  Legge, M ^a   Hill, B L ^a   Shackell, G H ^b   McLeod, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; KERATAN SULFATE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; GAMETE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TISSUE LEVEL; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0029850624     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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