Arrangement and fine structure of collagen fibrils in the decidualized mouse endometrium

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Carbone, Karin ^a,b   Pinto, Nilda M P ^a   Abrahamsohn, Paulo A ^a   Zorn, Telma M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collagen; Endometrium; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OBSTETRICS; TISSUE;

CELL MATRIX; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FINE STRUCTURES; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTION; PARALLEL BUNDLES; PREGNANCY; TRANSIENT STRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644836043     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20265     Document Type: Article

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