Multiple pregnancy-associated glycoproteins are secreted by Day 100 ovine placental tissue

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1384-1393

  Xie, Sancai ^a   Green, Jonathan ^b   Bao, Bagna ^a   Beckers, Jean Francois ^c   Valdez, Kelli E ^a   Hakami, Livija ^a   Roberts, R Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030658938     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.6.1384     Document Type: Article

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