Hyaluronan (HA) content, the ratio of HA fragments and the expression of CD44 in the ovine cervix vary with the stage of the oestrous cycle

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Perry, K ^a   Haresign, W ^b   Wathes, D C ^a   Khalid, M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EPINEPHELUS SOCIALIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CERVIX UTERI; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 77954184510     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0424     Document Type: Article

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