Measurement of plasma and tissue relaxin concentrations in the pregnant hamster and fetus using a homologous radioimmunoassay

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 500-505

  Renegar, Randall H ^a   Owens III, Charles R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Implantation; Placenta; Relaxin; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HAMSTER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMPLANTATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHORION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHORION; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESOCRICETUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RELAXIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0035992839     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.2.500     Document Type: Article

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