Expression of betacellulin and epiregulin genes in the mouse uterus temporally by the blastocyst solely at the site of its apposition is coincident with the 'window' of implantation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-190

  Das, S K ^a   Das, N ^a   Wang, J ^a   Lim, H ^a   Schryver, B ^b   Plowman, G D ^b   Dey, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Betacellulin; Epiregulin; Implantation; Mouse; Uterus

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL INTERACTION; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031572818     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8694     Document Type: Article

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