Cytoskeletal proteins in uterine epithelial cells only partially return to the pre-receptive state after the period of receptivity

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-244

  Png, Francoise Y ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Cytoskeletal proteins; Immunohistochemistry; Plasma membrane transformation; Uterine epithelial cells; Uterine receptivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; LABELING; PROTEINS;

PLASMA MEMBRANES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GELSOLIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLASTOCYST; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TIME; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036380837     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00652     Document Type: Article

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