Angiopoietin-1 and -2 mRNA and protein expression in mouse preimplantation embryos and uteri suggests a role in angiogenesis during implantation

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 509-516

  Hess, A P ^a,b   Hirchenhain, J ^b   Schanz, A ^b   Talbi, S ^a   Hamilton, A E ^a   Giudice, L C ^a   Krussel J S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS; ZYGOTE;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; MORULA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33744487872     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05110     Document Type: Article

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