Nuclear pore complex proteins mark the implantation window in human endometrium

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2037-2045

  Guffanti, Elisa ^a   Kittur, Nupur ^a   Brodt, Z Nilly ^a   Polotsky, Alex J ^a   Kuokkanen, Satu M ^a   Heller, Debra S ^b   Young, Steven L ^c   Santoro, Nanette ^a   Meier, U Thomas ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human reproduction; Nuclear envelope; Nuclear organelle

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEOPORIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMPLANTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; NUCLEAR PORE; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47649122973     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.030437     Document Type: Article

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