Ovarian and placental production of progesterone and oestradiol during pregnancy in reindeer

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 147-162

  Flood, P F ^a   Tyler, N J C ^b   Read, E K ^a   Rodway, M J ^c   Chedrese, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oestrogen; Ovary; Placenta; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Rangifer; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LUTEAL CELL; METABOLISM; NORWAY; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REINDEER; SEASON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LUTEAL CELLS; NORWAY; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REINDEER; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; UTERUS; VEINS;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 8844276796     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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