Connexin 43 ontogeny in fetal sheep adrenal glands

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 613-620

  McDonald, T J ^a,c   Li, C ^a   Massmann, G A ^a   Figueroa, J P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glucocorticoids; Immunocytochemistry; Pregnancy; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INJECTION; LABOR; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; STEADY STATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0042737905     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(03)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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