Immunohistochemical localization of relaxin-like factor/insulin-like peptide-3 in the bovine corpus luteum

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1041, Issue , 2005, Pages 506-509

  Nichols, Nicole ^a   Binta, Hilary ^a   Fields, Phillip A ^b   Drost, Maarten ^c   Chang, Shou Mei ^a   Ivell, Richard ^d   Fields, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine corpus luteum; Insulin like peptide 3 (INSL 3); Relaxin like factor (RLF)

Indexed keywords

INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 3; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RELAXIN LIKE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; COW; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TESTIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 23644444145     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1282.075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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