Oxytocin receptor development in ovine uterus and cervix throughout pregnancy and at parturition as determined by in situ hybridization analysis

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Wathes, D C ^a,b   Flick Smith, H ^a   Leung, S T ^b   Stevenson, K R ^a,b   Meier, S ^c   Jenkin, G ^c  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATION PERIOD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; SHEEP; TISSUE TYPES; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030049320     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1060023     Document Type: Article

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