Activin is a local regulator of human cytotrophoblast cell differentiation

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3976-3986

  Caniggia, Isabella ^a,b   Lye, Stephen J ^a,b,c,d   Cross, James C ^a,b,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^e Med Res Council of Canada Scholar   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE; FIBRONECTIN; FOLLISTATIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INHIBIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHORION VILLUS; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030854868     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.9.5403     Document Type: Article

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