Cellular localisation of the pregnancy-associated glycoprotein family (PAGs) in the synepitheliochorial placenta of the European bison

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 422-431

  Majewska, Marta ^a   Panasiewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Szafranska, Bozena ^a   Gizejewski, Zygmunt ^b   Majewski, Mariusz ^c   Borkowski, Krzysztof ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c Wroc aw Environmental and Life Sciences   (Poland)

^d Health Care Institution   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chorion; European bison; PAG; Pecoran; Pregnancy; Trophectoderm; Wisent

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FLUOROCHROME; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWINE;

EID: 37548999749     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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