Transcriptional profiling of equine conceptuses reveals new aspects of embryo-maternal communication in the horse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 872-885

  Klein, Claudia ^a   Troedsson, Mats H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Early development; Embryo; Embryo maternal interaction; Fibrinogen; Gene regulation; Microarray; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA PROBES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HORSES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79956282519     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088732     Document Type: Article

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