MUC4 and MUC5B transcripts are the prevalent mucin messenger ribonucleic acids of the human endocervix

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-64

  Gipson, Ilene K ^a   Spurr Michaud, Sandra ^a   Moccia, Robert ^a   Zhan, Qian ^a   Toribara, Neil ^b   Ho, Samuel B ^c   Gargiulo, Antonio R ^d   Hill III, Joseph A ^d  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; PROGESTERONE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032923042     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.1.58     Document Type: Article

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