Transcript profile and localization of Wnt signaling-related molecules in human endometrium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Cheng, Ching wen ^a   Smith, Stephen K ^a   Charnock Jones, D Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 45849125804     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.077     Document Type: Article

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