Soluble HLA-G release by the human embryo: An interesting artefact?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 763-764

  Ménézo, Yves ^a   Elder, Kay ^b   Viville, Stephane ^c  

^a Centre de FIV de la Clinique du Val d'Ouest   (France)

^b Bourn Hall Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo selection; HLA G; Human embryo protein synthesis; Implantion

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BLASTOCYST; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NOTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33845906139     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61021-8     Document Type: Note

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