Distribution and spatiotemporal relationship of activin a and follistatin in mouse decidual and placental tissue

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 415-424

  Candeloro, L ^a   Zorn, Telma M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activin A; Decidua; Endometrium; Follistatin; Mice; Placenta immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVOLUTION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 35148896034     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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