Ontogeny of lactoferrin in the developing mouse uterus: A marker of early hormone response

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1147-1157

  Newbold, Retha R ^a,b   Hanson, Rita B ^a,b   Jefferson, Wendy N ^a  

^a Institute of Toxicology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030933017     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.5.1147     Document Type: Article

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