Identification of interferon-tau at the maternal-fetal interface in Shiba goats

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-257

  Aida, Hiroki ^a   Yamaguchi, Hirohito ^a   Katsumura, Momoko ^a   Imakawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Sakai, Senkiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Interferon tau; Shiba goat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012520756     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.45.249     Document Type: Article

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