Immunohistochemical localization of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its two receptors (Flt-I and KDR) in the endometrium and placenta of the mare during the oestrous cycle and pregnancy

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 516-526

  Allen, W R ^a   Gower, S ^a   Wilsher, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34548565984     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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