Arginine Vasotocin Receptor in the Vagina of the Oviduct of the Hen

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1699-1703

  Takahashi, Tetsuya ^a   Kawashima, Mitsuo ^a   Yasuoka, Tadashi ^a   Tanaka, Katuhide ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin receptor; Hen oviduct vagina; Oviposition; Receptor binding affinity; Receptor binding capacity

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OVIDUCT;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHICKENS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; OVIDUCTS; OVIPOSITION; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0032196507     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.11.1699     Document Type: Article

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