The role of activins during decidualisation of human endometrium

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-249

  Jones, Rebecca L ^a,b   Findlay, Jock K ^a   Salamonsen, Lois A ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; RECEPTOR; SMAD PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL INVASION; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA; TROPHOBLAST;

ACTIVINS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33745956087     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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