Expression of Oestrogen Receptor α and Oestrogen Receptor β in the Uterus of the Pregnant Swine

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Knapczyk Stwora, K ^a   Durlej, M ^a   Duda, M ^a   Czernichowska Ferreira, K ^a   Tabecka Lonczynska, A ^b   Slomczynska, M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; UTERUS;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78751551023     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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