In-vivo gene transfer to the uterine endometrium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Charnock Jones, D Stephen ^b   Sharkey, Andrew M ^b   Jaggers, Debbie C ^a   Yoo, H Jin ^a   Heap, R Brian ^a   Smith, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception; Fertility; Gene therapy; Reproduction; Transfection

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031050636     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.1.17     Document Type: Article

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