Collagen in the fetal membranes of sheep: Changes throughout gestation and effects of dexamethasone at 60 days

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-464

  Shandley, Lynne ^a   Moritz, Karen M ^a   Samuel, Chrishan S ^a   Wintour, E Marelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allantois; Amnion; Ovine fetus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS MEMBRANE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030782285     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96103     Document Type: Article

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