Expression of progesterone and oestrogen receptors by early intrauterine equine conceptuses

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-375

  Rambags, B P B ^a   van Tol, H T A ^a   van den Eng, M M ^a   Colenbrander, B ^a   Stout, T A E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Equine conceptus; Receptor; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EQUIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37849036223     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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