Signal transduction and biological function of placenta growth factor in primary human trophoblast

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 887-892

  Desai, Jaya ^a   Holt Shore, Vicky ^a   Torry, Ronald J ^b   Caudle, Michael R ^a   Torry, Donald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL VEIN; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0033022990     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.4.887     Document Type: Article

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