LEFTY2 expression and localization in rat oviduct during early pregnancy

Zygote

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Argañaraz, Martin Eduardo ^a,b   Apichela, Silvana Andrea ^a,b   Miceli, Dora Cristina ^b  

^a Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biologicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Lefty2; Oviduct; Pregnancy; TGF

Indexed keywords

LEFT RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; RAT; SECRETION; TIME; UTERINE TUBE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT-RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTORS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84855347008     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199410000602     Document Type: Article

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