Analysis of legumain and cystatin 6 expression at the maternal-fetal interface in pigs

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 570-580

  Shim, Jangsoo ^a   Seo, Heewon ^a   Choi, Yohan ^a   Yoo, Inkyu ^a   Lee, Chang Kyu ^b   Hyun, Sang Hwan ^c   Lee, Eunsong ^d   Ka, Hakhyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CYSTATIN M; LEGUMAIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GILT (SWINE); MATING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SWINE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHORION; CYSTATIN M; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84880509504     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22192     Document Type: Article

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