Characterization and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the ovine corpus luteum

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Redmer, D A ^a,c   Dai, Y ^a   Li, J ^a   Charnock Jones, D S ^b   Smith, S K ^b   Reynolds, L P ^c   Moor, R M ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DENSITOMETRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029859192     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1080157     Document Type: Article

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