Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 327-333 , April 2010

Orphan Receptor Kinase ROR2 is Expressed in the Mouse Uterus

  • K. Hatta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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  • Z. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy and Cell Biology, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • ,
  • A.L. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy and Cell Biology, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • ,
  • E. Leno-Durán

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy and Cell Biology, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • Unidad de Inmunología, IBIMER, Universidad de Granada, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Avda. del Conocimiento s/n, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • J. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy and Cell Biology, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • ,
  • C. Ruiz-Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Inmunología, IBIMER, Universidad de Granada, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Avda. del Conocimiento s/n, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • E.G. Olivares

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquimica, Biologia Molecular e Inmunologia, Universidad de Granada, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Avda. del Conocimiento s/n, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • R.J. MacLeod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
    • Gastrointestinal Disease Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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  • B.A. Croy

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy and Cell Biology, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Room 924, Botterell Hall, 18 Stuart Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. Tel.: +1 613 533 2859; fax: +1 613 533 2566.

,Accepted 20 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.01.012

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 327-333 , April 2010

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