Carbonic anhydrase in the utero-vaginal junction of immature and mature ostriches

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 244-249

  Holm, L ^a   Ruziwa, S D ^b   Dantzer, V ^c   Ridderstrale Y ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; OSTRICH; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OVIDUCTS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0034184702     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713654906     Document Type: Article

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