Molecular studies of trophoblast HLA-G: Polymorphism, isoforms, imprinting and expression in preimplantation embryo

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Hiby, S E ^a   King, Ashley ^a   Sharkey, A ^a   Loke, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; HLA G; Imprinting; Isoforms; Polymorphism; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CAUCASIAN; CELL LINE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; TROPHOBLAST;

ALLELES; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLUBILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033005295     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530101.x     Document Type: Article

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