α1c- and β2-adrenergic receptor mRNA distribution in the bovine mammary gland detected by competitive RT-PCR

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 699-704

  Wellnitz, Olga ^a,b   Zurbriggen, Andreas ^a   Friis, Robert R ^a   Blum, Jürg W ^a   Bruckmaier, Rupert M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Bovine udder

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035523913     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029901005076     Document Type: Article

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