Connexins and E-cadherin are differentially expressed during trophoblast invasion and placenta differentiation in the rat

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-182

  Reuss, B ^a   Hellmann, P ^a   Dahl, E ^b   Traub, O ^b   Butterweck, A ^b   Grummer R ^a   Winterhager, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; E cadherin; Implantation; Invasion; Placenta; Rat; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0030027670     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199602)205:2<172::AID-AJA8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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