The role of paf in embryo physiology

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-228

  O'Neill, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo; Fertilization in vitro; Paf; Signal transduction; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 18744401393     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmi003     Document Type: Review

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