α-, β-, γ-catenin, and p120ctn expression during the terminal differentiation and fusion of human mononucleate cytotrophoblasts in vitro and in vivo

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 168-177

  Getsios, Spiro ^a,b   Chen, George T C ^a,b   MacCalman, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadherins; Catenins; Human placenta; Trophoblast differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN P120;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035037491     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1019     Document Type: Article

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