Mesenchymal-epithelial interactions in an in vitro model of neonatal mouse uterus

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Everett, Lynn M ^a   Caperell Grant, Andrea ^a   Bigsby, Robert M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTROGEN; INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL INTERACTION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STROMA CELL; UTERUS;

EID: 0031017135     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-214-44068     Document Type: Short Survey

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