Differential Expression of Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin (ERM) and ERM-Associated Adhesion Molecules in the Blastocyst and Uterus Suggests Their Functions during Implantation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 729-736

  Matsumoto, Hiromichi ^a   Daikoku, Takiko ^b   Wang, Haibin ^b   Sato, Eimei ^a   Dey, S K ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early development; Embryo; Implantation; Trophoblast; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ESTROGEN; EZRIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 2; LEUKOSIALIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURFACE; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD43; ANTIGENS, CD44; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1242276407     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.022764     Document Type: Article

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