Inducible nitric oxide synthase is present in the rat placenta at the fetal-maternal interface and decreases prior to labour

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 485-491

  Purcell, Tracy L ^a   Buhimschi, Irina A ^a   Given, Randall ^a   Chwalisz, Kristof ^b   Garfield, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Labour; Nitric oxide; Placenta; Western blot

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; RABBITS; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031156659     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.6.485     Document Type: Article

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