Localization and correlation between NADPH-diaphorase and nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the porcine uterus during the estrous cycle

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-250

  Andronowska, Aneta ^a   Wąsowska, Barbara ^a   Całka, Jarosław ^b   Doboszyńska, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Pig; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPITHELIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MICROSCOPY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS HORN;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 23744480417     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-1085-9     Document Type: Article

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