Gene expression, immunolocalization, and secretion of human defensin-5 in human female reproductive tract

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1247-1258

  Quayle, Alison J ^a,d   Porter, Edith ^b   Nussbaum, Aimee A ^a   Wang, Yun Mei ^a   Brabec, Celeste ^a   Yip, Kay Pong ^c   Mok, Samuel C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fearing Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CERVIX UTERI; DEFENSINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031898688     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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