Mechanisms of syncytial fusion: A review

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Potgens A J G ^a   Schmitz, U ^a   Bose, P ^a   Versmold, A ^a   Kaufmann, P ^a   Frank, H G ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS FERTILIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADULT; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CELL FUSION; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 1942511336     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0772     Document Type: Article

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