Syncytins: Molecular aspects

Cell Fusions: Regulation and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 117-137

  Chen, Hungwen ^a   Cheong, Mei Leng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cAMP; cancer; cytotrophoblast; envelope proteins; GCM1; HERV FRD; HERV W; membrane fusion; multiple sclerosis; preeclampsia; receptors; syncytin; syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900047509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9772-9_5     Document Type: Chapter

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