A bovine oxytocin transgene in mice: Expression in the female reproductive organs and regulation during pregnancy, parturition and lactation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Ho, Mei Yin ^a   Murphy, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ovary; Oxytocin; Parturition; Placenta; Tissue specific expression; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPHYSINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; OXYTOCIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0345451585     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00208-6     Document Type: Article

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