Expression of leukemia inhibitory factor and its receptor in preimplantation embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 713-719

  Chen, Hsin Fu ^a   Shew, Jin Yuh ^a   Ho, Hong Nerng ^a   Hsu, Wei Li ^a   Yang, Yu Shih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Implantation; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Leukemia inhibitory factor receptor; Preimplantation embryo

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, OSM-LIF; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033215293     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00306-4     Document Type: Article

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