Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 158-169 , February 2008

Modeling Trophoblast Differentiation using Equine Chorionic Girdle Vesicles

  • A.M. de Mestre

      Affiliations

    • Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London, NW1 0TU, UK. Tel.: +44 207 121 1906; fax: +44 207 7388 2342.
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  • S.J. Bacon

      Affiliations

    • Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA.
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  • C.C. Costa

      Affiliations

    • Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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  • J.C. Leadbeater

      Affiliations

    • Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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  • L.E. Noronha

      Affiliations

    • Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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  • F. Stewart

      Affiliations

    • Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Equine Fertility Unit, Mertoun Paddocks, Woodditton Road, Newmarket, CB8 9BH, UK
    • Deceased.
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  • D.F. Antczak

      Affiliations

    • Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

,Accepted 17 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.10.005

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 158-169 , February 2008

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