Placental localization of relaxin in the pregnant mare

Placenta

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Klonisch, T ^a,e   Mathias, S ^b   Cambridge, G ^a   Hombach Klonisch, S ^a,e   Ryan, P L ^c   Allen, W R ^b,d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TBA Equine Fertility Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORSE; HYBRID; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030959829     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(97)90083-7     Document Type: Article

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