Effect of labor induction on the expression of oxytocin receptor, cytochrome P450 aromatase, and estradiol receptor in the reproductive tract of the late-pregnant ewe

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 814-820

  Leung, S Tong ^a   Wathes, D Claire ^a   Young, I Ross ^b   Jenkin, Graham ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABOR INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 0032981823     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.4.814     Document Type: Article

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