Temporal and site-specific expression of transforming growth factor-β4 in human endometrium

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 595-602

  Tabibzadeh, Siamak ^a   Lessey, Bruce ^b   Satyaswaroop, Pondichery G ^c  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eba; Endometrium; Menstrual cycle; TGF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0031745321     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.6.595     Document Type: Article

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