Placental interferons

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-308

  Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Spencer, Thomas E ^a   Ott, Troy L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon; Pregnancy; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERFERON; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

BOVIDS; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECTODERM; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN RELEASE; EXOCRINE SECRETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GOAT; HUMAN; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; SHEEP; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0029914511     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00485.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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