Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its corresponding receptors (flt-1 and flk-1) in the bovine oviduct

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 376-383

  Gabler, Christoph ^a   Einspanier, Almuth ^b   Schams, Dieter ^a   Einspanier, Ralf ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c FML Institute of Physiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenic factor; Estrous cycle; Oviductal flushing; Tissue permeability; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ESTRUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032995640     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199908)53:4<376::AID-MRD2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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