A novel secretory protein produced by rat spongiotrophoblast

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1352-1359

  Iwatsuki, Ken ^a   Shinozaki, Mikihiko ^a   Sun, Weiyong ^a   Yagi, Shintaro ^a,b   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Shiota, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034050071     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.5.1352     Document Type: Article

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