Alterations in tight junction molecules of uterine epithelial cells during early pregnancy in the rat

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-155

  Orchard, Megan D ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Claudin 1; Implantation; Occludin; Tight junction; Uterine epithelial cell; ZO 1

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

PLASMA MEMBRANE;

HISTOLOGY;

CLAUDIN 1; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; COLORING AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; ZONULA OCCLUDENS 1 PROTEIN; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; UTERUS;

EID: 0035987912     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00644     Document Type: Article

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