Expression of genes in the canine pre-implantation uterus and embryo: Implications for an active role of the embryo before and during invasion

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 656-663

  Schafer Somi S ^a   Beceriklisoy, H B ^b   Budik, S ^a   Kanca, H ^b   Aksoy, O A ^b   Polat, B ^c   Cetin, Y ^d   Ay, S S ^b   Aslan, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; DOG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NIDATION; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DOGS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; OVARIECTOMY; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

CANIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 56049115346     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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