Expression of hedgehog family genes in the rat uterus during early pregnancy

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 340-345

  Kubota, Kaiyu ^a   Yamauchi, Nobuhiko ^a   Matsumoto, Kenji ^a   Watanabe, Ryo ^a   Oozono, Shinji ^a   Aramaki, Shinya ^a   Wood, Chris ^b   Soh, Tomoki ^a   Hattori, Masa Aki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hedgehog; Implantation; Rat; Uterus

Indexed keywords

GLI PROTEIN, RAT; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PREGNANCY; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 55849143334     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20054     Document Type: Article

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