Molecular genetics of implantation in the mouse

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-20

  Rinkenberger, Julie L ^a   Cross, James C ^b   Werb, Zena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implantation; Mouse embryos; Placentation; Targeted mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; MICE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030768427     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)21:1<6::AID-DVG2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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