The effect of pregnancy on the expression of uterine oxytocin, oestrogen and progesterone receptors during early pregnancy in the cow

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-33

  Robinson, R S ^a   Mann, G E ^b   Lamming, G E ^b   Wathes, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TAU INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CATTLE; DINOPROST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

EID: 0032899278     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1600021     Document Type: Article

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