Characterization of polypeptides synthesized and secreted by oviductal epithelial cell explants obtained from young, fertile and aged, subfertile mares

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1346-1353

  Brinsko, S P ^a,b   Ignotz, G G ^a   Ball, B A ^a   Thomas, P G A ^a   Currie, W B ^a   Ellington, J E ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UTERINE TUBE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030229729     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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