Regional specialization of the cell membrane-associated, polymorphic mucin (MUC1) in human uterine epithelia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2902-2909

  DeLoia, J A ^a   Krasnow, J S ^a   Brekosky, J ^b   Babaknia, A ^c   Julian, J ^c   Carson, D D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Women's Hlth Inst of California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Human; Implantation; Mucins

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; KERATAN SULFATE; KERATANASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031728206     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.10.2902     Document Type: Article

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