erbB genes in the mouse uterus: Cell-specific signaling by epidermal growth factor (EGF) family of growth factors during implantation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-110

  Lim, Hyunjung ^a   Das, Sanjoy K ^a   Dey, Sudhansu K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ErbBs; Implantation; Mouse; Uterus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032373230     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9072     Document Type: Article

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