Oct-4 expression in human endometrium

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-10

  Matthai, C ^a   Horvat, R ^a   Noe, M ^a   Nagele, F ^a   Radjabi, A ^a   van Trotsenburg, M ^a   Huber, J ^a   Kolbus, Andrea ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Oct 4; Stem cells; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 33645098744     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah254     Document Type: Article

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