The cytoskeleton of human myometrial cells

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 185-198

  Yu, J T H T ^a   Lopez Bernal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN; OXYTOCIN; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE; TUBULIN; VIMENTIN; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344074450     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1120185     Document Type: Article

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