Effect of estrogen-treated porcine ampulla oviductal epithelial cells on early embryonic development in vitro and characterization of their protein synthetic activity

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-229

  Ping, Xia ^a,b   Rutledge, Jean ^a   Watson, Andrew J ^a   Armstrong, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo; Oestrogen; Oviductal epithelial cells; Oviductal protein; Pig

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SWINE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SWINE;

EID: 0030590855     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(96)01579-5     Document Type: Article

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