Peptide growth factors and preimplantation development

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-157

  Kane, M T ^a   Morgan, P M ^a   Coonan, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Development; Embryo; Embryo culture; Gene expression; Growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INSULIN; LIGAND; PEPTIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MICE; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030880045     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.2.137     Document Type: Review

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