Comparison of chorionic gonadotropin expression in human and macaque (Macaca fascicularis) trophoblasts

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-97

  Wilken, Jason A ^a,b   Matsumoto, Kikuko ^c   Laughlin, Lisa S ^c   Lasley, Bill L ^c   Bedows, Elliott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionic gonadotropin; Cynomolgous macaque; Glyco protein hormones; Placental hormones; Pregnancy; Pregnancy hormones

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PRIMATE;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MACACA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0036481738     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1066     Document Type: Article

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