Possible significance of cells within intraluminal collagen masses in equine oviducts

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 568-579

  Lantz, Katherine C ^a   Enders, Allen C ^a   Liu, Irwin K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Equine; Ova; Oviduct; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST; HORSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HORSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVULATION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0031782891     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199812)252:4<568::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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