Immunohistochemical distribution of oestrogen receptor and luteinizing hormone B subunit in the ovine pituitary gland during foetal development

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 713-718

  Sheng, C ^a,b   McNeilly, A S ^a   Brooks, A N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Oestrogen; Ontogeny; Ovine; Receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031851842     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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