Expression of prolactin gene in mouse placenta during late pregnancy: Detection of mRNA and its translation product

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Harigaya, Toshio ^a   Komori, Michiko ^a   Kawakami, Tetsuji ^a   Watanabe, Harumi ^a   Abe, Mifuyu ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoblot; Mouse PRL; Placenta; RT PCR; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030941153     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.155     Document Type: Article

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