The ovarian blood follicle barrier is both charge- and size-selective in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 705-711

  Hess, Karla A ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Larsen, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FEMALE; IONIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PERMEABILITY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031932606     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.3.705     Document Type: Article

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