Partial cloning and localization of leptin and leptin receptor in the mammary gland of the Egyptian water buffalo

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-314

  Sayed Ahmed, A ^a,b   Elmorsy, S Elm ^b   Rudas, P ^a   Bartha, T ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Lactation; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Mammary gland

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0142058920     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(03)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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