Regulation of complement-3 protein expression in human and mouse oviducts

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Lee, Yin Lau ^a   Cheong, Ana W Y ^a   Chow, Wang Ngai ^a   Lee, Kai Fai ^a   Yeung, William S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; EMBRYOTROPHIC FACTOR 3; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

MUS;

EID: 61449155392     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20955     Document Type: Article

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