Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 256-262 , March 2009

Localisation and Expression of FoxO1 Proteins in Human Gestational Tissues

  • M. Lappas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 8458 4370; fax: +61 3 8458 4380.
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  • R. Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • C. Riley

      Affiliations

    • Translational Proteomics, Baker IDI, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • G.E. Rice

      Affiliations

    • Translational Proteomics, Baker IDI, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • M. Permezel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

,Accepted 13 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.12.008

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 256-262 , March 2009

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