Regulation of major histocompatibility complex and TAP gene products in preimplantation mouse stage embryos

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Cooper, J C ^a   Fernandez, N ^a   Joly, E ^b   Dealtry, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MHC ontogeny; Mouse reproduction; Qa2; TAP1; TAP2

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; H2 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031825259     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00408.x     Document Type: Article

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