Involvement of EAT/mcl-1, a bcl-2 related gene, in the apoptotic mechanisms underlying human placental development and maintenance

Placenta

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 177-183

  Suzuki, A ^a   Umezawa, A ^a   Sano, M ^a   Nozawa, S ^a   Hata, J ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MCL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; EMBRYO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NICK END LABELING; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0034091005     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1999.0458     Document Type: Article

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