Interferon-tau, a Type 1 interferon involved in maternal recognition of pregnancy

Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 403-408

  Roberts, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Evolution; Interferon; Ovine; Transcriptional control; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

TAU INTERFERON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE CONTROL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST; UNGULATE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 34548132431     PISSN: 13596101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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