Functional roles of ornithine decarboxylase and arginine decarboxylase during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy in sheep

Abstract Background Polyamines stimulate DNA transcription and mRNA translation for protein synthesis in trophectoderm cells, as well as proliferation and migration of cells; therefore, they are essential for development and survival of conceptuses (embryo/fetus and placenta). The ovine conceptus pr...

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Main Authors: Yasser Y. Lenis, Gregory A. Johnson, Xiaoqiu Wang, Wendy W. Tang, Kathrin A. Dunlap, M. Carey Satterfield, Guoyao Wu, Thomas R. Hansen, Fuller W. Bazer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-017-0225-x