Integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling during blastocyst implantation

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 190-201

  Wang, Jun ^a   Armant, D Randall ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Blastocyst implantation; Differentiation; Integrins; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INVASION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FIBRONECTINS; INTEGRINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036911427     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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