Prostaglandins and their receptors: Implications for ovarian physiology

NeuroSignals

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 90-100

  Olofsson, Jan I ^a   Leung, Peter C K ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Luteolysis; Ovulation; Prostaglandin receptor structure; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030036578     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109178     Document Type: Article

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