Hormonal regulation of connexin-43 in baboon corpora lutea

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-414

  Khan Dawood, F S ^a,b   Yang, J ^a   Dawood, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; CONNEXIN 43; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ONAPRISTONE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIPHENE; CONNEXIN 43; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONANES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; OXYTOCIN; PAPIO; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0031803136     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1570405     Document Type: Article

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