Equine placenta expresses glutamine synthetase

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-182

  Manso Filho, Hélio C ^a,b   Costa, Helena E ^b,c   Wu, Guoyao ^d   McKeever, Kenneth H ^a   Watford, Malcolm ^c,e  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Equine; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; Horse; Placenta

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; MARE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; HORSES; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 59649117567     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9167-2     Document Type: Article

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