Interferon Tau and Its Immunobiological Role in Ruminant Reproduction

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-52

  Chełmońska Soyta, Anna ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Interferon tau; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON TAU RECEPTOR; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL; BOVIDS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANTS;

EID: 0036366721     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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