The distribution of activin and activin receptors in gestational tissues across human pregnancy and during labour

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 294-302

  Schneider Kolsky, M E ^a   Manuelpillai, U ^a   Waldron, K ^b   Dole, A ^a   Wallace, E M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR TYPE II A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR TYPE II B; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR TYPE II-A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR TYPE II-B; ACVR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ACTIVINS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036545526     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0787     Document Type: Article

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