Expression, activation, and role of Akt isoforms in the uterus

Reproduction

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2014, Pages R85-R95

  Fabi, François ^a   Asselin, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; ISOENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS; ANIMAL; DECIDUA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CANCER;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 84913539784     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-14-0270     Document Type: Review

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