The mRNA expression of prostaglandin E receptors EP2 and EP4 and the changes in glycosaminoglycans in the sheep cervix during the estrous cycle

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-261

  Kershaw Young, C M ^a,b   Khalid, M ^a   McGowan, M R ^a   Pitsillides, A A ^a   Scaramuzzi, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cervix; Extracelluar Matrix; Hyaluronan; Prostaglandin E Receptors

Indexed keywords

EP4 RECEPTOR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN EP2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HYALURONIC ACID; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349155602     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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