Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF- receptor messenger ribonucleic acids in the peri-implantation rabbit uterus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1390-1399

  Das, S K ^a   Chakraborty, I ^a   Wang, J ^a   Dey, S K ^a   Hoffman, L H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RNA ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOKINES; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030947452     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1390     Document Type: Article

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