Foxa2 is essential for mouse endometrial gland development and fertility

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-403

  Jeong, Jae Wook ^a   Kwak, Inseok ^b   Lee, Kevin Y ^a   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Large, Michael J ^a   Stewart, Colin L ^c   Kaestner, Klaus H ^d   Lydon, John P ^a   DeMayo, Francesco J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Silla University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; Female reproductive tract; Foxa2; Gland development; Implantation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIAL GLAND DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOXA2 GENE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LIF GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PGR GENE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 77956096770     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.083154     Document Type: Article

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