A study of granulated metrial gland cells in the pregnant, alymphoplasia (aly/aly) mice

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1137-1141

  Kiso, Yasuo ^a   Kusakabe, Ken ^a   Tokunaga, Yoshiko ^a   Makita, Makiko ^a   Okada, Toshiya ^a   Sasaki, Fumihiko ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alymphoplasia; Granulated metrial gland cell; Immunodeficiency; Mesenchymal disorder; Uterine NK cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LYMPH NODE; METRIAL GLAND; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PEYER PATCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STROMA CELL; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LYMPH NODES; METRIAL GLAND; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, SCID; MUTATION; PEYER'S PATCHES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; STROMAL CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031309367     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.59.1137     Document Type: Article

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