Endometrial response of beef heifers on day 7 following insemination to supraphysiological concentrations of progesterone associated with superovulation

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1107-1115

  Forde, N ^a   Carter, F ^a   di Francesco, S ^a   Mehta, J P ^a   Garcia Herreros, M ^a   Gad, A ^b   Tesfaye, D ^b   Hoelker, M ^b   Schellander, K ^b   Lonergan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gene expression; Progesterone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEIFER; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; SUPEROVULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROGESTERONE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 84873256570     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00092.2012     Document Type: Article

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