Stage-specific Expression of Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor and its Receptor in Rabbit Pre-implantation Embryo and Uterine Epithelium during Early Pregnancy

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Lei, T ^a   Yang, Z Q ^a   Xia, T ^a   Gan, L ^a   Chen, X D ^a   Yuan, J H ^a   Zhu, Y ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, OSM-LIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1242277766     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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