Oxytocin receptors in bovine cervix during pregnancy and parturition: Gene expression and cellular localization

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1654-1660

  Fuchs, A R ^a   Ivell, R ^a   Balvers, M ^a   Chang, S M ^a   Fields, M J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; cow; gene; oxytocin; parturition; receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COW; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0030476184     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70121-7     Document Type: Article

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