Canine Placental Prostaglandin E2 Synthase: Expression, Localization, and Biological Functions in Providing Substrates for Prepartum PGF2alpha Synthesis1
Open Access
- 1 December 2014
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 91 (6) , 154
Abstract
The prepartum output of PGF2alpha in the bitch is associated with increased placental PGE2-synthase (PTGES) mRNA levels. Contrasting with this is a deKeywords
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