Localization of immunoreactive gonadotropin-releasing hormone and relative expression of its mRNA in the oviduct during pregnancy in rats

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-534

  Sengupta, Anamika ^a   Baker, Tabari ^a   Chakrabarti, Nilkanta ^a   Whittaker, Joseph A ^a   Sridaran, Rajagopala ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Oviduct; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GOLD; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMELLAR BODY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY VESICLE;

ANIMALS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

RATTUS;

EID: 34247565932     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6A7135.2007     Document Type: Article

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