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- adjective   Of or pertaining to the chorioallantois 
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								His main effort was converting Goodpasture's method of growing vaccinia virus on the chorioallantoic membrane of the developing egg to provide a method of titration of viral infectivity and anti-viral antibodies, for several different viruses. 
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								He rounded off his work on bacteriophages and continued to study the growth of different viruses on the chorioallantoic membrane. 
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								CC-PLA2s also impaired in vitro human brain microvascular endothelial cell tubulogenesis on Matrigel and showed antiangiogenic activity in vivo in chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay. Naturejobs - All Jobs Raoudha Kessentini-Zouari 2010 
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								Tumor growth was significantly inhibited across these cancer cell lines, with a 50-80% reduction in tumor weight seen in the tumor chorioallantoic membrane 
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								Painter DL, Moore MC (2005) Steroid hormone metabolism by the chorioallantoic placenta of the mountain spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovi as a possible mechanism for buffering maternal-fetal hormone exchange. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lori C. Albergotti et al. 2009 
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								[2], [15] Therefore, if the CAM has similar steroidogenic properties as the chorioallantoic placenta, then it should synthesize key placental hormones, such as P4. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lori C. Albergotti et al. 2009 
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								Both the chorioallantoic placenta and CAM perform functions crucial for embryonic survival and development PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lori C. Albergotti et al. 2009 
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								Fusion of the chorion and allantois forms either the chorioallantoic placenta in viviparous (live-bearing) species, or the chorioallantoic membrane 
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								The mammalian chorioallantoic placenta synthesizes, transports, and metabolizes a suite of steroid and peptide hormones PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lori C. Albergotti et al. 2009 
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								Both the chorioallantoic placenta and CAM are derived from chorion and allantois PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lori C. Albergotti et al. 2009 
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