Adherens junction proteins in the hamster uterus: Their contributions to the success of implantation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 996-1004

  Luan, Liming ^a   Ding, Tianbing ^a   Stinnett, Amanda ^a   Reese, Jeff ^a   Paria, Bibhash C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherens junction proteins; Catenins; Decidua; Decidualization; E cadherin; Hamster; Implantation; Mouse; Uterus; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEPRINBETA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OVARY; PRIMARY DECIDUAL ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECONDARY DECIDUAL ZONE; UTERUS;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CRICETINAE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MESOCRICETUS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

CRICETINAE; MUS;

EID: 81055126915     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.090126     Document Type: Article

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