Leptin gene and protein expression in the ovary during the oestrous cycle and early pregnancy in pigs

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Smolinska, N ^a   Kaminski, T ^a   Siawrys, G ^a   Przala, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEPTIN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 77957146000     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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