Detection of relaxin mRNA in the corpus luteum, uterus, and uterine cervix in the bitch.
In the pregnant bitch, the placenta is a major source of circulating relaxin, but its local expression in the reproductive organs is not clear. This study demonstrated expression of relaxin mRNA in the corpus luteum, uterus, uterine cervix as well as placenta in the pregnant and nonpregnant bitch by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Tamada
Hiromichi
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Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan. tamada@vet.osakafu-u.ac.jp
Kawate
Noritoshi
N
Kawata
Naoko
N
Inaba
Toshio
T
Kida
Kayoko
K
Hatoya
Shingo
S
Akune
Atsushi
A
Nakama
Kazuhiro
K
Kohsaka
Tetsuya
T
Sawada
Tsutomu
T
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000502:physiology*; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000502:physiology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D010920:Placenta / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D012065:Relaxin / Q000235:genetics*; D014599:Uterus / Q000502:physiology*
D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012065:Relaxin