Caspase-14: A new player in cytotrophoblast differentiation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-307

  White, Lloyd ^a   Dharmarajan, A ^a   Charles, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BeWo; Caspase 14; Differentiation; Placenta; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 14; FORSKOLIN; STAUROSPORINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

EID: 33947492087     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60871-1     Document Type: Article

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