Syncytins: Retroviral envelope genes captured for the benefit of placental development;Les syncytines des protéines d'enveloppe rétrovirales capturées au profit du développement placentaire

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Dupressoir, Anne ^a   Heidmann, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACENTA PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOUSE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HUMANS; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953144985     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2011272163     Document Type: Article

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