Fine-scale quantification of HCG beta gene transcription in human trophoblastic and non-malignant non-trophoblastic tissues

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Rull, K ^a   Hallast, P ^a   Uuskula L ^a   Jackson, J ^b   Punab, M ^c   Salumets, A ^a,d   Campbell, R K ^b   Laan, Maris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d Centre for Infertility Treatment and Medical Genetics   (Estonia)

Author keywords

CGB in male reproduction; Chorionic gonadotropin beta genes; Normal and failed pregnancy; Trophoblastic and non trophoblastic CGB expression

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA1 SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA2 SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; LUNG; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TESTIS; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BLASTOCYST; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 39449106364     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gam082     Document Type: Article

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