Gamete/embryo - Oviduct interactions: Implications on in vitro culture

Human Fertility

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Lee, Kai Fai ^a   Yeung, William S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gene expression; Interaction; Oocyte; Oviduct; Secretory protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DEMILUNE CELL AND PAROTID PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARIN; HYALURONIC ACID; LEPTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; OVIDUCT SPECIFIC GLYCOPROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; TISSUE INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33749243180     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270600636467     Document Type: Article

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