Fertility impairment in granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-deficient mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-261

  Robertson, S A ^a   Roberts, C T ^a   Farr, K L ^a   Dunn, A R ^b   Seamark, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; DECIDUA; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS WEIGHT; INFERTILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETAL DEATH; FETAL RESORPTION; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTES; LITTER SIZE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0032928156     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.251     Document Type: Article

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