Expression of human MUC1 during early pregnancy in the human MUC1 transgenic mouse model

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1182-1188

  Dharmaraj, Neeraja ^a   Gendler, Sandra J ^b   Carson, Daniel D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Female reproductive tract; Implantation; MUC1; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE CONTROL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BREEDING; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUCIN-1; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73949158432     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.079418     Document Type: Article

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