Gene expression regulating epithelial intercellular junction biogenesis during human blastocyst development in vitro

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Ghassemifar, M Reza ^a,d   Eckert, Judith J ^a,d   Houghton, Franchesca D ^b   Picton, Helen M ^c   Leese, Henry J ^b   Fleming, Tom P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Epithelium; Human embryo; Tight junction; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CLAUDIN 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DESMOCOLLIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OCCLUDIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESMOSOME; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; ELUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 0038310631     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gag033     Document Type: Article

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