Effects of space flight on the immunohistochemical demonstration of connexin 26 and connexin 43 in the postpartum uterus of rats

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-234

  Burden, H W ^a   Zary, J ^a   Alberts, J R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPACE FLIGHT; UTERUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0032768757     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1160229     Document Type: Article

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