The amount of MUC5B mucin in cervical mucus peaks at midcycle

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 594-600

  Gipson, Ilene K ^a   Moccia, Robert ^a   Spurr Michaud, Sandra ^a   Argüeso, Pablo ^a   Gargiulo, Antonio R ^b   Hill III, Joseph A ^b   Offner, Gwynneth D ^c   Keutmann, Henry T ^d  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CERVIX MUCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVA;

EID: 0035090288     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.2.594     Document Type: Article

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