Regulation by Gonadal Steroids of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors Along the Reproductive Tract in Female Lambs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 161-169

  Meikle, Ana ^a,b,c   Garofalo E G ^a   Rodriguez Pinon M ^a   Tasende, C ^a   Sahlin, L ^c  

^a Veterinary Faculty   (Uruguay)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lambs; Receptors; Sex; Steroid; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; OVIDUCTS; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 0347708732     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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