Studies of the expression of progesterone receptor gene in the rat uterus during early pregnancy by RT-PCR

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-228

  Zhang, Yuan ^a   Zhu, Guo Zhang ^a   Zhang, You Duan ^a   Zhang, Yong Lian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Implantation; Pregnancy; Progesterone receptor (PR); RT PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444415348     PISSN: 05829879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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