Localization of ubiquitin and ubiquitin cross-reactive protein in human and baboon endometrium and decidua during the menstrual cycle and early pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 920-928

  Bebington, C ^a   Bell, S C ^b   Doherty, F J ^a   Fazleabas, A T ^c   Fleming, S D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN CROSS REACTIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0033028717     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.4.920     Document Type: Article

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