Interferon-tau polymorphisms and their potential functions in ruminants

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 9-18

  Ealy, Alan D ^a   Pennington, Kathleen A ^a   Rodina, Teresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Embryo; Endometrium; Interferon tau; Placenta; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; ISOPROTEIN; OMEGA INTERFERON; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT INTERFERON; TAU INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BOVIDS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; UTERUS;

EID: 34249700175     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: 18068774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2006v8p9     Document Type: Review

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