Effect of steroid hormones on tissue remodelling and progesterone receptors in the uterus of seasonally anoestrous brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Reproduction

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-264

  Sizemore, R J ^a   Hurst, Peter R ^a   McLeod, B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEREOLOGY; STROMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ALOPIAS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 1542300292     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00091     Document Type: Article

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