Mucin expression and function in the female reproductive tract

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 459-464

  Carson, Daniel D ^a,b   DeSouza, Mary M ^a   Kardon, Rachele ^a   Zhou, Xinhui ^a   Lagow, Errin ^a   Julian, JoAnne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantation; Infection; Mucins; Reproductive tract; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; MUCIN; PROGESTERONE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUCINS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTERUS;

EID: 0032420185     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.5.459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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