| Literature DB >> 7066976 |
C R Murphy, J G Swift, T M Mukherjee, A W Rogers.
Abstract
The ultrastructure of tight junctions between uterine luminal epithelial cells of the pregnant rat was studied by the freeze-fracture technique. On day 5 of pregnancy, the day of implantation, the region of tight junctions extended three times as far down the lateral cell membrane as on day 1 of pregnancy, and the strands of the complex interlinked more frequently. These observations suggest that tight junctions on day 5 may be more efficient in preserving the contents of the uterine lumen from dilution or escape than at earlier times of pregnancy.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 7066976 DOI： 10.1007/bf01258489
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Tissue Res ISSN： 0302-766X Impact factor: 5.249