Insulin-like growth factor binding protein gene expression in the pregnant rat uterus and placenta

Developmental Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 278-295

  Cerro, Joseph A ^a   Pintar, John E ^b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DECIDUALIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031569836     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8533     Document Type: Article

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