Erratum: Regulation of a bovine nonclassical major histocompatibility complex class I gene promoter (Biology of Reproduction (2010) 83, (296-306) DOI:10.1095/biolreprod.109.082560);Regulation of a bovine nonclassical major histocompatibility complex class I gene promoter

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-306

  O'Gorman, Grace M ^a   Al Naib, Abdullah ^a   Ellis, Shirley A ^b   Mamo, Solomon ^a   O'Doherty, Alan M ^a   Lonergan, Pat ^a   Fair, Trudee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early development; Embryo; Gene regulation; Immunology; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STAT6 PROTEIN; TAU INTERFERON; DNA; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 3; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BOVINAE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-G ANTIGENS; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-3; INTERLEUKIN-4; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77955407840     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.089177     Document Type: Erratum

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