Progesterone receptor mRNA levels during pregnancy, labor, lactation and the estrous cycle in rat uterus

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 425-432

  Murata, Takuya ^a   Higuchi, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lactation; Pregnancy; Progesterone receptor; Rat; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P15; PROTEIN P18; PROTEIN P20; PROTEIN P21; ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LABOR; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 0345832103     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.49.425     Document Type: Article

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