An immunohistochemical study of the localization and developmental expression of ghrelin and its functional receptor in the ovine placenta

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Harrison, Joanne L ^a,b,c   Adam, Clare L ^b   Brown, Yvonne A ^c   Wallace, Jacqueline M ^b   Aitken, Raymond P ^b   Lea, Richard G ^b,e   Miller, David W ^a,d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EWE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SHEEP;

EID: 34547463796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-5-25     Document Type: Article

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