Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation

I: Perspectives.- 1 Viviparity.- 2 My Life with Mammalian Eggs.- II: Cell Biology of the Developing Egg.- 3 The Origin of Trophoblast and Its Role in Implantation.- 4 The Generation and Recognition of Positional Information in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo.- 5 Relationship between the Programs for Implantation and Trophoblast Differentiation.- 6 Cellular and Genetic Analysis of Mouse Blastocyst Development.- III: Macromolecular Synthesis in the Developing Egg.- 7 Mobilization of Genetic Information in the Early Rabbit Trophoblast.- 8 Activity of RNA and DNA Polymerases in Delayed-Implanting Mouse Embryos.- 9 A Reexamination of Messenger RNA Populations in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo.- 10 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Patterns of Molecular Differentiation during Oogenesis, Embryogenesis, and Organogenesis in Mammals.- IV: Uterine Preparation for Implantation.- 11 Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in the Endometrium.- 12 Shifts in Uterine Stromal Cell Populations during Pregnancy and Regression.- 13 Separated Cell Types as Analytical Tools in the Study of Decidualization and Implantation.- 14 Decidual Cell Function: Role of Steroid Hormones and Their Receptors.- V: Gene Expression in the Uterus.- 15 Mechanisms of Induction of Uterine Protein Synthesis: Hormonal Regulation of Uteroglobin.- 16 Regulation of the Levels of mRNA for Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase and Its Rate of Translation in the Uterus by Estradiol.- 17 Uterine DNA Polymerase: Acquisition of Responsiveness to Estrogen during Postnatal Development of the Rat.- 18 The Artificially Stimulated Decidual Cell Reaction in the Mouse Uterus: Studies of RNA Polymerases and Histone Modifications.- VI: Blastocyst-Uterine Interactions.- 19 Embryonic Signals and Maternal Recognition.- 20 Uterine Blastotoxic Factors.-21 Lysosomal Mechanisms in Blastocyst Implantation and Early Decidualization.- VII: Mechanisms of Implantation.- 22 The Role of Prostaglandins in Endometrial Vascular Changes at Implantation.- 23 Comparison of Implantation in Utero and in Vitro.- 24 Time-Lapse Cinematography of Mouse Embryo Development from Blastocyst to Early Somite Stage.- VIII: Short Communications.- 1. The Effects of Estradiol-17 ? and Progesterone on the Volume of Uterine Fluid in Ovariectomized Mice.- 2. Presence of hCG-like Material in the Preimplantation Rabbit Blastocyst.- 3. Electron Microscopic Study of Rat ? Mouse Chimeric Blastocysts Produced by Embryo Aggregation.- 4. Characteristics of an Endogenous Inhibitor of Progesterone Binding in Rat Trophoblast.- 5. Histone Synthesis in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos.- 6. Use of Concanavalin A to Monitor Changes in Glycoprotein Synthesis during Early Mouse Development.- 7 The Role of Glycoproteins in the Development of Preimplantation Mouse Embryos.- 8. The Role of Blastolemmase in Implantation Initiation in the Rabbit.- 9. Estradiol-17 ? Dehydrogenase in Rat Endometrium at the Time of Implantation.- 10. The Pig Uterus Secretes a Progesterone-Induced Inhibitor of Plasminogen Activator.- 11. Role of a Uterine Endopeptidase in the Implantation Process of the Rat.- 12. The Role of Prostaglandins and Cyclic Nucleotides in the Artificially Stimulated Decidual Cell Reaction in the Mouse Uterus.- 13. Inhibitory Effect of Indomethacin on Nuclear Binding of Progesterone in the Uterus and on Differentiation of Decidual Cells in Culture.- 14 Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Swine.- 15 Effects of Preimplantation Bovine and Porcine Conceptuses on Blood Flow and Steroid Content of the Uterus.- 16. Effects of Nicotine on Conceptus Cell Proliferation andOviductal/Uterine Blood Flow in the Rat.- 17. The Uterine Epithelium as a Transducer for the Triggering of Decidualization in the Rat.- 18. Cellular Contact between the Trophoblast and the Endometrium at Implantation in the Ewe.- 19. Cell Motility and the Distribution ofActin and Myosin during Mouse Trophoblast Development in Vitro.- 20. Autoradiographic Studies of Mouse Uterine Glands during the Periimplantation Period.- 21 In Vitro Attachment and Outgrowth of Mouse Trophectoderm.- 22. Hormone Production by Rat Blastocysts and Midpregnancy Trophoblasts in Vitro.- 23. Separation and Characterization of Endocervical Cells.- 24. Role of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in the Timing of Early Mammalian Development.- 25. Pregnancy-Associated Endometrial Protein in Women.- 26. Survival of Rat Blastocysts in the Uterus of the Mouse Following Xenogeneic Implantation.- 27. Concanavalin-A-Binding Capacity of Preimplantation Mouse Embryos.- 28. The Use of Pharmacological Agents to Study Implantation.- Participants.