Pregnancy-associated uterine granulated metrial gland cells in mutant and transgenic mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 501-509

  Guimond, Marie Josée ^a   Wang, Baoping ^b   Fujita, Jun ^c   Terhorst, Cox ^b   Croy, B Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell lineage; Lymphocytes; Lymphohematopoeitic; Natural killer cells; Placenta; Uterus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; GENOTYPE; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; METRIAL GLAND; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0029945126     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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