Non-neuronal acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase in oviductal epithelial cells of cyclic and pregnant pigs

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-690

  Steffl, M ^a   Schweiger, M ^a   Wessler, I ^c   Kunz, L ^b   Mayerhofer, A ^b   Amselgruber, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Immunohistochemistry; Oviduct; Pig; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METESTRUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIESTRUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METESTRUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROESTRUS; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845350121     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-006-0132-y     Document Type: Article

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