Fatty-acid amide hydrolase is expressed in the mouse uterus and embryo during the periimplantation period

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1151-1157

  Paria, B C ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Wang, J ^a   Das, S K ^a   Dey, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ETHANOLAMINE; FATTY ACID; HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMPLANTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0032891426     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.5.1151     Document Type: Article

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