Oxytocin receptor gene expression in rat uterus: Regulation by ovarian steroids

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Murata, T ^a   Murata, E ^a   Liu, C X ^a   Narita, K ^a   Honda, K ^a   Higuchi, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LABOR; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; UTERUS;

EID: 0033919091     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1660045     Document Type: Article

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