Expression of amphiregulin during the pre- and postimplantation period in the mouse reproductive tract

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 781-787

  Lee, Dong Soo ^a   Yanagimoto Ueta, Yoshiko ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Embryo transfer; Implantation; Mice; mRNA

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 33846463438     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18034     Document Type: Article

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