Distribution of androgen receptor in the porcine uterus throughout pregnancy

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Slomczynska M ^a   Duda, M ^a   Burek, M ^a   Knapczyk, K ^a   Czaplicki, D ^a   Koziorowski, M ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

SUS;

EID: 38149017994     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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