Lactoferrin expression in the canine uterus during the estrous cycle and with pyometra

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1325-1333

  Kida, K ^a   Baba, E ^a   Torii, R ^b   Kawate, N ^a   Hatoya, S ^a   Wijewardana, V ^a   Sugiura, K ^a   Sawada, T ^a   Tamada, H ^a   Inaba, T ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog; Estrous cycle; Lactoferrin; Pyometra; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LACTOFERRIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTOFERRIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

CANIDAE;

EID: 33747182786     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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