Chronicling the discovery of interferon tau

Reproduction

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2017, Pages F11-F20

  Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Thatcher, William W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT OVINE INTERFERON TAU; TAU INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERFERON; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANTILUTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO DEATH; EWE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PIG; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RUMINANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERUS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; HISTORY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; UTERUS;

EID: 85030778331     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-17-0257     Document Type: Review

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