Expression of the small heat shock protein alphaB-crystallin in term human placenta

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 440-448

  Mineva, Ivelina ^a   Stamenova, Maria ^a   Gartner, Wolfgang ^b   Wagner, Ludwig ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

AlphaB crystallin; Human placenta; sHsp

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOPLASM; DECIDUA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; METHYLATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP27 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; PLACENTA;

EID: 54049103296     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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