Pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (pag) family: Transcripts and gene amplicons in camelids

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-150

  Majewska, Marta ^e   Panasiewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Klisch, Karl ^b   Olivera, Louis V M ^c   Mamani, Javier M ^c   Abd Elnaeim, Mahmoud M ^d   Szafranska, Bozena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO   (Peru)

^d ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Nucleagena Ltd   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS BACTRIANUS; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; EUTHERIA; LAMA PACOS; SUS;

GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BREEDING; CAMEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CAMELS; FEMALE; GENOME; GLYCOPROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 70349776721     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-431X(12)60022-9     Document Type: Article

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