Expression of aquaporins in human embryos and potential role of AQP3 and AQP7 in preimplantation mouse embryo development

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 649-658

  Xiong, Yun ^a,b   Tan, Ya Jing ^a,b   Xiong, Yi Meng ^a,b   Huang, Yi Ting ^a   Hu, Xiao Ling ^a   Lu, Yong Chao ^a   Ye, Ying Hui ^a   Wang, Ting Ting ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a   Jin, Fan ^a   Huang, He Feng ^a   Sheng, Jian Zhong ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 3; Aquaporin 7; Development; Early embryo

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 7; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 11; AQUAPORIN 12; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84877681770     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350084     Document Type: Article

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