Insulin-like 4 (INSL4) gene expression in human embryonic and trophoblastic tissues

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-129

  Laurent, Anne ^a   Rouillac, Christelle ^b   Delezoide, Anne Lise ^c   Giovangrandi, Yves ^a   Vekemans, Michel ^c   Bellet, Dominique ^d,e   Abitbol, Marc ^b   Vidaud, Michel ^a,f  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f UER des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Human embryos; IGF II; In situ hybridization; INSL4; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; MESODERM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TROPHOBLAST;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0031658301     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199810)51:2<123::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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