Nonpregnant sheep uterine type I and type III nitric oxide synthase expression is differentially regulated by estrogen

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1198-1203

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Massmann, G Angela ^a   Mirabile, Charles P ^a   Figueroa, Jorge P ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SHEEP; UTERUS; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS RELAXATION;

EID: 0032939785     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.5.1198     Document Type: Article

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