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Msx Homeobox Genes Critically Regulate Embryo Implantation
A unique signaling network regulated by the homeobox transcription factors MSX1 and MSX2 in the mouse uterus critically controls female fertility.
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Researchers identify protein essential for embryo implantation
A research article, communicated jointly by Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Milan Bagchi, and Professor of Comparative Biosciences Indrani Bagchi, has been published in the journal Science. In this paper, researchers at the NIH-funded Center of Research in Reproduction at the...
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A New National Center for Research in Reproduction and Infertility
In keeping with the long-standing and rich tradition of research and training in reproductive biology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) has awarded funds to create a Center for Research in Reproduction and...
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Absence of critical protein linked to infertility
In work to appear this week on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences website, Milan Bagchi, professor of molecular and integrative physiology showed that a specific transcription factor must be present in the uterus of mice in order for pregnancy to occur. "'This protein in the mouse...