Regulation of murine placentogenesis by the retroviral genes Syncytin-A, Syncytin-B and Peg10

Differentiation

Volumn 85, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 150-160

  Henke, Christine ^a   Ruebner, Matthias ^a   Faschingbauer, Florian ^a   Stolt, Claus C ^b   Schaefer, Natascha ^b   Lang, Nadine ^b   Beckmann, Matthias W ^a   Strissel, Pamela L ^a   Strick, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Endogenous retrovirus; Peg10; Placentogenesis; Syncytin; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL FUSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; GCM1 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MARKER; GIANT CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEG10 GENE; PL 1 GENE; PL 2 GENE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLF GENE; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA QUANTIFICATION; SYNCYTIN A GENE; SYNCYTIN B GENE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TPBPA GENE; TPBPB GENE; TROPHOBLAST; VIRUS GENE;

CELL-FUSION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; PEG10; PLACENTOGENESIS; SYNCYTIN; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

MURINAE;

EID: 84879543081     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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