Apoptosis at the time of embryo implantation in mouse and rat

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 533-545

  Pampfer, Serge ^a   Donnay, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Decidua; Epithelium; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DECIDUA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENDOMETRIUM; INNER CELL MASS; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0032971162     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400516     Document Type: Article

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