Galectin 15 (LGALS15): A gene uniquely expressed in the uteri of sheep and goats that functions in trophoblast attachment

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1027-1036

  Lewis, Shaye K ^a   Farmer, Jennifer L ^a   Burghardt, Robert C ^b   Newton, Gary R ^c   Johnson, Greg A ^b   Adelson, David L ^a   Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Spencer, Thomas E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Implantation; Pregnancy; Trophoblast; Uterus

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 15; INTEGRIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LGALS15 GENE; NANNY GOAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOW (SWINE); SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GALECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GOATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; SWINE; TROPHOBLASTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 36649002207     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.063594     Document Type: Article

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