Search for a human homologue of the mouse Ped gene

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 541-547

  Cao, Wei ^a   Brenner, Carol A ^b   Alikani, Mina ^b   Cohen, Jacques ^b   Warner, Carol M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage rate; GPI anchored proteins; HLA class Ib; Human preimplantation embryo; Ped gene

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HLA G ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PED; PROTEIN QA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0033010868     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.6.541     Document Type: Article

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