Embryo implantation is closely associated with dynamic expression of proprotein convertase 5/6 in the rabbit uterus

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nicholls, Peter K ^a,b   Sun, Zhaogui ^c   Heng, Sophea ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Wang, Jian ^c   Nie, Guiying ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 6; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBIT; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 79953650308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-43     Document Type: Article

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