INSL3 in the ruminant: A powerful indicator of gender- and genetic-specific feto-maternal dialogue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Anand Ivell, Ravinder ^a,b,d   Hiendleder, Stefan ^b   Viñoles, Carolina ^c,e   Martin, Graeme B ^c   Fitzsimmons, Carolyn ^b,f   Eurich, Andrea ^b   Hafen, Bettina ^b   Ivell, Richard ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^f AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 3; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSULIN; LEYDIG INSULIN LIKE PROTEIN; LEYDIG INSULIN-LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS DESCENT; TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; GENETICS; LEYDIG CELL; MOTHER; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; SHEEP;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; RUMINANTS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP;

EID: 79956137280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019821     Document Type: Article

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