Changes in uterine expression of leukemia inhibitory factor during pregnancy in the western spotted skunk

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 484-492

  Hirzel, Douglas J ^a   Wang, Jue ^b   Das, S K ^b   Dey, S K ^b   Mead, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE LEVEL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MEPHITIDAE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

EID: 0032944457     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.484     Document Type: Article

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