Antiproliferative actions of ovine uterine serpin

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-143

  Tekin, Şaban ^a,b   Padua, Maria B ^a   Brad, Amber M ^a   Hansen, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lymphocytes; Pre implantation embryos; Proliferation; Uterine serpin

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 14844355223     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2005.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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