Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 241-249 , March 2009

Transcriptomic Analysis of Polyamine-Related Genes and Polyamine Levels in Placenta, Yolk Sac and Fetus During the Second Half of Mouse Pregnancy

  • C. Lopez-Garcia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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  • A.J. Lopez-Contreras

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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  • A. Cremades

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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  • M.T. Castells

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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  • R. Peñafiel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Rafael Peñafiel, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain. Tel.: +34 968367174; fax: +34 968398601.

,Accepted 5 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.12.004

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 241-249 , March 2009

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