Type 2 cadherins in the human endometrium and placenta: Their putative roles in human implantation and placentation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 96-107

  MacCalman, Colin D ^a   Getsios, Spiro ^a   Chen, George T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadherin 11; Cadherin 6; Cadherins; Endometrium; Implantation; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031985819     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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