The expression of apelin and its receptor APJ during different physiological stages in the bovine ovary

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-350

  Schilffarth, Stefanie ^a   Antoni, Bernadette ^a   Schams, Dieter ^a   Meyer, Heinrich H D ^a   Berisha, Bajram ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apelin; Bovine ovary; Corpus luteum; Follicle

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUTEAL PHASE; METABOLISM; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GRANULOSA CELLS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 67651183843     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5.344     Document Type: Article

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