Adhesiveness of the apical surface of uterine epithelial cells: The role of junctional complex integrity

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-232

  Thie, Michael ^a,d   Fuchs, Petra ^a   Butz, Stefan ^b   Sieckmann, Frank ^a   Hoschützky, Heinz ^c   Kemler, Rolf ^c   Denker, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesiveness; Epithelial polarization; Junctional complex; Uterine epithelium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; DESMOPLAKIN; PHALLOIDIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; UVOMORULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DESMOSOME; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0029990558     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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