Expression and cellular pattern of relaxin mRNA in porcine corpora lutea during pregnancy

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-312

  Kohsaka, Tetsuya ^a   Singh, Udai Pratap ^b   Yogo, Keiichiro ^a   Sasada, Hiroshi ^c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^d   Hashizume, Kazuyoshi ^e  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpora lutea; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Northern hybridization; Pig; Pregnancy; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CORPUS LUTEUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RELAXIN; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34848862483     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0492-5     Document Type: Article

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