Characterization of a murine alpha 2 macroglobulin gene expressed in reproductive and cardiovascular tissue

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-275

  He, Hong ^a   McCartney, Daniel J ^a   Wei, Qingxia ^b   Esadeg, Souad ^a   Zhang, Jianhong ^a   Foster, Robert A ^a   Hayes, M Anthony ^a   Tayade, Chandrakant ^a   Van Leuven, Fred ^c   Croy, B Anne ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Decidua; Mammary glands; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIRAL ARTERY; TESTIS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

EID: 19944433703     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029835     Document Type: Article

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