Fetal-maternal communication: The role of Notch signalling in embryo implantation

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cuman, Carly ^a   Menkhorst, Ellen ^a   Winship, Amy ^a,b   Van Sinderen, Michelle ^a   Osianlis, Tiki ^c   Rombauts, Luk J ^b   Dimitriadis, Evdokia ^a,b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893851878     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0474     Document Type: Review

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