Cellular and molecular regulation of the primate endometrium: A perspective

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Okulicz, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANATOMY; BINDING ASSAY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICRODISSECTION; LITERATURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERUS FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION;

PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33749991843     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-S1-S3     Document Type: Review

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