Expression of the second isoform of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH-II) in human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 447-452

  Cheon, Kang Woo ^a   Lee, Hyoung Song ^a   Parhar, Ishwar S ^b   Kang, Inn Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken GnRH II; Endometrium; Immunohistochemistry; Nested RT PCR; Spliced variant

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE; GONADORELIN ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN II; GONADORELIN II ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STROMA CELL;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0035004022     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/7.5.447     Document Type: Article

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