Secretory proteins in the reproductive tract of the snapping turtle, Chelhydra serpentina

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-494

  Mahmoud, I Y ^a,b   Paulson, J R ^a   Dudley, M ^a   S Patzlaff, J ^a   Al Kindi, A Y A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Albumen; Monoclutch; Oviduct; Reptiles; SDS PAGE; Shell membranes; Uterine tube; Uterus

Indexed keywords

OVALBUMIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TURTLE; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; VITELLOGENESIS;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 10444273260     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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