The growth arrest specific gene (gas6) protein is expressed in abnormal embryos sired by male golden hamsters with accessory sex glands removed

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 343-355

  Jiang, H Y ^a   Lee, K H ^b   Schneider, C ^c   Tang, P L ^a   Chow, P H ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Laboratorio Nazionale CIB   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Embryo implantation; Mer; Rse; Ventral prostate gland

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC GENE PROTEIN; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0035017855     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290100159     Document Type: Article

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