Detection of transforming growth factor-α and epidermal growth factor receptor mRNA and immunohistochemical localization of their proteins in the ovine uterus during the early implantation period

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 8-9, 2002, Pages 383-390

  Tamada, H ^a   Tsubutani, D ^a   Kawate, N ^a   Inaba, T ^a   Matsuyama, S ^a   Imakawa, K ^b   Sakai, S ^b   Christenson, R K ^c   Sawada, T ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECTODERM; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROVASCULATURE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; STAINING; STROMA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038180320     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023679303322     Document Type: Article

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