Regional Differences in Water Content, Collagen Content, and Collagen Degradation in the Cervix of Nonpregnant Cows

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1600-1607

  Breeveld Dwarkasing, V N A ^a   De Boer Brouwer, M ^a   Te Koppele, J M ^b   Bank, R A ^b   Van der Weijden, G C ^a   Taverne, M A M ^a   Van Dissel Emiliani, F M F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervix; Corpus luteum; Female reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; COW; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CATTLE; CERVIX UTERI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLLAGEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HYDROXYPROLINE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; PROLINE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0242267099     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012443     Document Type: Article

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