Molecular mechanisms in uterine epithelium during trophoblast binding: The role of small GTPase RhoA in human uterine Ishikawa cells

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Assisted Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Heneweer, Carola ^a   Schmidt, Martina ^a   Denker, Hans Werner ^a   Thie, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO A GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 18044380885     PISSN: 17431050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-1050-2-4     Document Type: Article

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