Expression and localisation of leptin and leptin receptor in the mammary gland of the dry and lactating non-pregnant cow

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-111

  Sayed Ahmed, A ^a,b   Kulcsár, Margit ^a   Rudas, P ^a   Bartha, T ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cow; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Mammary gland

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UDDER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; LEPTIN; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2342489340     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.52.2004.1.10     Document Type: Article

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