Pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (PAG) family localized in chorionic cells within the epitheliochorial/diffuse placenta of the alpaca (Lama pacos)

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 570-577

  Majewska, Marta ^a   Panasiewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Szafranska, Bozena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Chorion; Lama pacos; Placenta; Pregnancy associated glycoproteins; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ALPACA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LAMA PACOS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CHORIONIC VILLI; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

ALEXA; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; LAMA PACOS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE; SUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 79955477255     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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