Transplacental transfer of a growth hormone-releasing hormone peptide from mother to fetus in the rat

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 429-437

  Fiorotto, Marta L ^a   Lopez, Rusmely ^a   Oliver, William T ^a   Khan, Amir S ^b   Draghia Akli, Ruxandra ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ADViSYS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; IODINE 125; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; GROWTH RATE; HYPOPHYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MATERNAL SERUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PLASMID; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PURIFICATION; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STOMACH; SWINE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FETUS; HYDROLYSIS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 33747615043     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2006.25.429     Document Type: Article

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