Trophoblast interferons

Placenta

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Roberts, R M ^a,b   Ealy, A D ^a   Alexenko, A P ^a   Han, C S ^a   Ezashi, T ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; TAU INTERFERON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BOVIDS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0033135894     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1998.0381     Document Type: Article

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