Regulatory transcription factors controlling function and differentiation of human trophoblast - A review

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. A, 2003, Pages

  Loregger, T ^a   Pollheimer, J ^a   Knöfler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CELL PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CHORION VILLUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0141838119     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0929     Document Type: Article

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