Embryo implantation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-237

  Carson, Daniel D ^a   Bagchi, Indrani ^b   Dey, Sudhandsu K ^c   Enders, Allen C ^d   Fazleabas, Asgerally T ^e   Lessey, Bruce A ^f   Yoshinaga, Koji ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; NIDATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034662238     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9767     Document Type: Review

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