Amino acids and conceptus development during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 843, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-52

  Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Johnson, Gregory A ^a   Wu, G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Epigenetics; Estrogen; Fetal placental development; Interferons; Mechanistic target of rapamycin; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 4; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 5; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; SERINE; TAU INTERFERON;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERI IMPLANTATION PERIOD; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLC1A1 GENE; SLC1A2 GENE; SLC1A3 GENE; SLC1A4 GENE; SLC1A5 GENE; SLC38A3 GENE; SLC38A4 GENE; SLC38A6 GENE; SLC3A1 GENE; SLC43A2 GENE; SLC6A14 GENE; SLC6A19 GENE; SLC7A5 GENE; SLC7A6 GENE; SLC7A8 GENE; TROPHECTODERM; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE FLUSHING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84929207578     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2480-6_2     Document Type: Article

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