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Progesterone receptor mRNA levels during pregnancy, labor, lactation and the estrous cycle in rat uterus.
The Journal of reproduction and development - 1 Dec 2003
Murata Takuya, Higuchi Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Progesterone plays important roles in the regulation of female reproduction. In this study, progesterone receptor (PR) mRNA levels in rat uterus during pregnancy, labor, lactation and the estrous cycle were examined by competitive RT-PCR. During pregnancy and lactation, PR mRNA levels had decreased on day 20 of pregnancy (P20) and P21 compared with P15 but increased during labor. After a decline on day 1 of...
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