Ontogeny of the expression of leptin and its receptor in the murine fetus and placenta

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-326

  Hoggard, Nigel ^a   Hunter, Leif ^a   Lea, Richard G ^a   Trayhurn, Paul ^a   Mercer, Julian G ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034053728     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114500000398     Document Type: Article

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