Subset classification of mouse uterine natural killer cells by DBA lectin reactivity

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 479-488

  Paffaro Jr , V A ^a   Bizinotto, M C ^a   Joazeiro, P P ^a   Yamada, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; REAGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; STAINING; UTERUS;

EID: 0038746462     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0919     Document Type: Article

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