Pattern of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I messenger ribonucleic acid expression in the ovine uterus during the estrous cycle and pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1231-1236

  Yang, K ^a,d   Fraser, M ^b   Yu, M ^a   Krkosek, M ^a   Challis, J R G ^b   Lamming, G E ^c   Campbell, L E ^a   Darnel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SHEEP; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029908475     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.6.1231     Document Type: Article

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