Animal models of implantation

Reproduction

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 679-695

  Lee, Kevin Y ^a   DeMayo, Francesco J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD147 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; MUCIN 1; WNT PROTEIN;

BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; COW; DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; GUINEA PIG; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; SHEEP; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; GUINEA PIGS; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; RABBITS; RATS; SHEEP; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 11144287780     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00340     Document Type: Review

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