MUC1/episialin: A critical barrier in the female reproductive tract

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-158

  Desouza, Mary M ^a   Surveyor, Gulnar A ^b,e   Price, Roger E ^b   Julian, Joanne ^a   Kardon, Rachele ^b   Zhou, Xinhui ^b   Gendler, Sandra ^d   Hilkens, John ^c   Carson, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Implantation; Infection; Mucins; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

EPISIALIN; MUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033988413     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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