Expression of plasminogen activators in preimplantation rat embryos developed in vivo and in vitro

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Aflalo, Eliahu D ^a   Sod Moriah, Uriel A ^a   Potashnik, Gad ^a   Har Vardi, Iris ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORULA; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; ZYGOTE;

EID: 18144392740     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-3-7     Document Type: Article

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