Identification of the EGF/EGF-R system in the oviduct and endometrium of pigs in early stages of pregnancy and early conceptus

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 530-538

  Wollenhaupt, K ^a   Einspanier, R ^b   Gabler, Ch ^b   Schneider, F ^a   Kanitz, W ^a   Brussow K P ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

EGF EGF receptor; Pig; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BLASTOCYST; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032755960     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1232562     Document Type: Article

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