Distribution of glycoconjugates in the uterine tube (oviduct) of horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 816-822

  Ball, Barry A ^a,b   Dobrinski, Ina ^a   Fagnan, Molly Sue ^a   Thomas, Philip G A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HORSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HORSES; LECTINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031201802     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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