Embryos sired by males without accessory sex glands induce failure of uterine support: A study of VEGF, MMP and TGF expression in the golden hamster

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-213

  Chow, P H ^a   Jiang, H Y ^b   Poon, H K ^a   Lee, K H ^a   O, W S ^c  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; FLK 1; FLT 1; Implantation; Maternal embryo interaction

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GONAD; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0037293906     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0290-5     Document Type: Article

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