Cell-specific transcriptional profiling reveals candidate mechanisms regulating development and function of uterine epithelia in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Filant, Justyna ^a   Spencer, Thomas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Gene expression; Implantation; Rodents (rats, mice, guinea pigs, voles); Uterus

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLANDULAR EPITHELIUM; LUMINAL EPITHELIUM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GUINEA PIGS; IMPLANTATION; MICE; RODENTS (RATS; UTERUS; VOLES);

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME; UTERUS;

EID: 84899864513     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.111971     Document Type: Article

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