Ultrastructural localisation of Muc-1 on the plasma membrane of uterine epithelial cells

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Isaacs, Jacqueline ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst attachment; Muc 1; Plasma membrane; Uterine epithelial cell; Uterine receptivity

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TISSUE CULTURE;

PLASMA MEMBRANES;

CELL MEMBRANES;

MUCIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041376869     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00712     Document Type: Article

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