The plasma membrane transformation does not last: Microvilli return to the apical plasma membrane of uterine epithelial cells after the period of uterine receptivity

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Png, Francoise Y ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

blastocyst attachment; plasma membrane transformation; uterine epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MICROVILLUS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; RATS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030912212     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.35.1.19.13061     Document Type: Article

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