Androgen receptor is widely expressed in bovine placentomes and up-regulated during differentiation of bovine trophoblast giant cells

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 416-423

  Khatri, P ^a   Hoffmann, B ^b   Schuler, G ^b  

^a SINDH AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Cattle; Placentomes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GIANT CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARTURITION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84876290719     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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