Spatio-temporal pattern for expression of galectin-3 in the murine utero-placental complex: Evidence for differential regulation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1277-1282

  Lee, Vaughan H ^a   Lee, Angie B ^a   Phillips, Elizabeth B ^a   Roberts, Justin K ^a   Weitlauf, Harry M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031968460     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.5.1277     Document Type: Article

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