Epidermal growth factor family in rhesus monkey uterus during the menstrual cycle and early pregnancy

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-174

  Yue, Zhan Peng ^a   Yang, Zeng Ming ^a   Li, Shi Jie ^a   Wang, Hong Bin ^a   Harper, Michael J K ^b  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; EGF family; Menstrual cycle; Rhesus monkey; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MACACA MULATTA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UTERUS;

EID: 0033965177     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200002)55:2<164::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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