Abnormal estrous cyclicity after disruption of endothelial and inducible nitric oxide synthase in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 171-177

  Jablonka Shariff, Albina ^c   Ravi, Sapna ^c   Beltsos, Angeline N ^b,c   Murphy, Laura L ^d   Olson, Lisa M ^a,c  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; DIESTRUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROESTRUS;

EID: 0033027399     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.1.171     Document Type: Article

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