Inhibin secretion in the mare: Localization of inhibin α, β(A), and β(B) subunits in the ovary

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1392-1398

  Nagamine, Natsuko ^a,d   Nambo, Yasuo ^b   Nagata, Shun Ichi ^c   Nagaoka, Kentaro ^a   Tsunoda, Nobuo ^d   Taniyama, Hiroyuki ^e   Tanaka, Yumiko ^a   Tohei, Atsushi ^a   Watanabe, Gen ^a   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c LABORATORY OF RACING CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

^d Shadai Corporation   (Japan)

^e RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THECA CELL;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 20244362493     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.6.1392     Document Type: Article

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