Gene expression pattern and immunoreactive protein localization of LGR7 receptor in human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-90

  Luna, José Juan ^a,b   Riesewijk, Anne ^c   Horcajadas, José A ^a   de van Os, Roselin ^c   Domínguez, Francisco ^a   Mosselman, Sietse ^c   Pellicer, Antonio ^a   Simón, Carlos ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Inst de Cie en Reprod Humana   (Mexico)

^c NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometrium; LGR7; Receptor; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROTEIN LGR7; RELAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STROMA; TIME;

CELL LINE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1042268781     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah019     Document Type: Article

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