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Fallopian Tubes

Known as: Salpinx, Tube, Fallopian, Uterine Tubes 
A pair of highly specialized muscular canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM collection, and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Angiotensin II Receptor, Type 2Atypical Melanocytic Nevus, Genital TypeBenign neoplasm of fallopian tubeBilateral Partial Salpingectomy

Broader (2)

Female Reproductive SystemFemale internal genitalia structure

Narrower (4)

Infundibulum of uterine tubeRight fallopian tubeStructure of isthmus of fallopian tubeUterine portion of fallopian tube

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Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Nucleosome structure III: the structure and transcriptional activity of the chromatin containing the ovalbumin and globin genes in chick oviduct nuclei.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Sperm penetration in vitro of pig follicular oocytes matured in culture.
Boar ejaculated and epididymal spermatozoa were preincubated in modified KRB or the isolated oviduct and uterine horn of an… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Fertilization and development capability of bovine follicular oocytes matured in vitro and in vivo and transferred to the oviducts of rabbits and cows.
Follicular oocytes were cultured for 24 h in vitro or obtained 6-24 h after HCG injection from cows pretreated with PMSG, and… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Progesterone receptors in the chick oviduct. Determination of the total concentration of binding sites in the cytosol and nuclear fraction and effect of progesterone on their distribution.
1. Exchange techniques were developed for measurement of total progesterone receptor binding sites concentration in the cytosol… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Use of a specific probe for ovalbumin messenger RNA to quantitate estrogen-induced gene transcripts.
DNA complementary to purified ovalbumin messenger RNA (cDNA ov) was synthesized in vitro using RNA-directed DNA olymerase from… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Rates of induction of specific translatable messenger RNAs for ovalbumin and avidin by steroid hormones.
In the chick oviduct, injections of estrogen and progesterone induce synthesis of the specific proteins ovalbumin and avidin… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Transcription of high-molecular-weight RNA from hen-oviduct chromatin by bacterial and endogenous form-B RNA polymerases.
1 With the aid of the ribonuclease inhibitor, heparin, techniques were developed to isolate high-molecular-weight RNA products… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
In vitro hormonal induction of a specific protein (avidin) in chick oviduct.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Distribution and function of adrenergic nerves in the rabbit fallopian tube.
Abstract : Contents: Distribution of noradrenaline and adrenaline and of adrenergic nerve terminals in the fallopian tube of the… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
EFFECT OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT ON SPERM METABOLISM IN THE RABBIT AND FOWL
A fourfold increase in oxygen uptake by rabbit spermatozoa incubated in the rabbit uterus and a twofold increase in cock sperm…