Expression and regulation of foxa2 in the rat uterus during early pregnancy

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 468-475

  Yamagami, Kazuki ^a   Yamauchi, Nobuhiko ^a   Kubota, Kaiyu ^a   Nishimura, Sho ^a   Chowdhury, Vishwajit Sur ^a   Yamanaka, Kenichi ^b   Takahashi, Masashi ^c   Tabata, Shoji ^a   Hattori, Masa Aki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foxa2; Ihh; Rat; Steroidal regulation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

FOXA2 PROTEIN, RAT; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; UTERUS;

EID: 84920088081     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2014-086     Document Type: Article

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