Expression of estrogen receptor α (ERα) and estrogen receptor β (ERβ) in the ovarian follicles and corpora lutea of pregnant swine

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-179

  Knapczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Duda, Malgorzata ^a   Durlej, Malgorzata ^a   Galas, Jerzy ^a   Koziorowski, Marek ^b   Slomczynska, Maria ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

ER ; ER ; Ovary; Pig; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; THECA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELLS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; THECA CELLS;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 47249128906     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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