snRNAs are reduced in the syncytiotrophoblast: A possible mechanism for regulation of human placental protein production

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 737-744

  Goldman Wohl, Debra ^a   Greenfield, Caryn ^a   Eisenberg Loebl, Iris ^a   Skarzinski, Galia ^a   Haimov Kochman, Ronit ^a   Imbar, Tal ^a   Ariel, Ilana ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Placenta; Snrna; Syncytiotrophoblast; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

PLACENTA PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; SYNCYTIUM; TROPHOBLAST;

CELL FUSION; PLACENTA; SNRNA; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

CADHERINS; CELL FUSION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84887008809     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat049     Document Type: Article

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