Do molecular signals from the conceptus influence endometrium decidualization in rodents?

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 797-816

  Herington, Jennifer L ^a   Bany, Brent M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RODENTIA;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 70449118999     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21308     Document Type: Article

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