Adhesiveness of the free surface of a human endometrial monolayer for trophoblast as related to actin cytoskeleton

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-283

  Thie, Michael ^a   Herter, Peter ^b   Pommerenke, Hagen ^c   Dürr, Frieda ^c   Sieckmann, Frank ^a   Nebe, Barbara ^c   Rychly, Joachim ^c   Denker, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Adhesiveness; Epithelial polarization; Uterine epithelium

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; INTEGRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ACTINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0031114740     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.4.275     Document Type: Article

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