Control of interferon-tau expression during early pregnancy in ruminants

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Ealy, Alan D ^a   Yang, Qi En ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Embryo; Gene expression; Ovine; Placenta; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN H2; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOVIDS; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 58249138314     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00673.x     Document Type: Review

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