Trophoblasts, invasion, and microRNA

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Doridot, Ludivine ^a   Miralles, Francisco ^a   Barbaux, Sandrine ^a   Vaiman, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Imprinted genes; Invasion mechanisms; MicroRNAs; miR 210; Oxygen; Placental diseases; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890256910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00248     Document Type: Review

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