Evidence for the presence of luteinizing hormone-chorionic gonadotrophin receptors in the pig umbilical cord

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Wasowicz, G ^a   Derecka, K ^a   Stepien, A ^a   Pelliniemi, L ^b   Doboszynska, T ^a   Gawronska, B ^a   Ziecik, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; IODINE 125; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADVENTITIA; AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTIMA; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWINE; TUNICA MEDIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; UMBILICUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0032863850     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1170001     Document Type: Article

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