Transforming growth factor-β2-related-decidual suppressor factor is not related to TJ6 protein

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 342-347

  Merali, Fatima S ^a   Arck, Petra C ^a   Beaman, Kenneth ^b   Clark, David A ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decidual suppressor factor; Immunosuppressive factors; Pregnancy decidua; T cell suppressor factor; Transforming growth factor beta 2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; SUPPRESSOR FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029872987     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00491.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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