Collagen studies in late pregnant relaxin null mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 697-703

  Zhao, L ^a   Samuel, C S ^a   Tregear, G W ^a   Beck, F ^a   Wintour, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervix; Female reproductive tract; Mammary glands; Pregnancy; Relaxin; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; TISSUE GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0033837983     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.3.697     Document Type: Article

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