Ovine uterine gland knock-out model: Effects of gland ablation on the estrous cycle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 448-456

  Gray, C Allison ^a   Bartol, Frank F ^c   Taylor, Kristin M ^a   Wiley, Anne A ^c   Ramsey, W Shawn ^a   Ott, Troy L ^a,b   Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Spencer, Thomas E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN E2; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GESTAGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NORGESTOMET; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYSTERECTOMY; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033956790     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.2.448     Document Type: Article

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