Further evidence of a decorin-collagen interaction in the disruption of cervical collagen fibers during rat gestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 805-812

  Leppert, Phyllis C ^a   Kokenyesi, Robert ^a   Klemenich, Christine A ^a   Fisher, John ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Decorin; Gestation; Rat; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; DECORIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROMA CELL; TENSILE STRENGTH; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0034007098     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(00)70329-2     Document Type: Article

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