Relaxin: An ovarian hormone in an avian species (Gallus domesticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-163

  Brackett, Kevin H ^a   Fields, Phillip A ^b   Dubois, Wilfrid ^a,d   Chang, Shou Mei T ^a   Mather, Floyd B ^c   Fields, Michael J ^a,c  

^a Animal Science Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEN; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0031081012     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6819     Document Type: Article

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