Endometrial modifications during early pregnancy in bonnet monkeys (Macaca radiata)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-294

  Rosario, Gracy X ^a   D'Souza, Serena J ^a   Manjramkar, Dhananjay D ^a   Parmar, Vipul ^a   Puri, Chander P ^a   Sachdeva, Geetanjali ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Oestrogen receptor; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MACACA; MALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR GENE; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STROMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA RADIATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA RADIATA;

EID: 38549139523     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07152     Document Type: Article

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