Mucin genes expressed by human female reproductive tract epithelia

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 999-1011

  Gipson, Ilene K ^a   Ho, Samuel B ^b   Spurr Michaud, Sandra J ^a   Tisdale, Ann S ^a   Zhan, Qian ^a   Torlakovic, Emina ^b   Pudney, Jeffrey ^c   Anderson, Deborah J ^c   Toribara, Neil W ^d   Hill III, Joseph A ^c,e  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MUCIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; VAGINA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CERVIX UTERI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VAGINA;

EID: 0030947113     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.4.999     Document Type: Article

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