1.
Nurs Adm Q
; 12(4): 5-14, 1988.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3412660
2.
J Exp Zool
; 218(2): 247-51, 1981 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7320689
ABSTRACT
Implanting and delayed-implanting mouse blastocysts were incubated in vitro with [3H] concanavalin A (Con A), and the distribution of binding on their surfaces was determined by light microscopic autoradiography. The density of binding was uniform on the trophectoderm of delayed-implanting embryos and was not changed on the polar surface of implanting embryos. However, binding was reduced on the proximal mural and distal mural trophectoderm of implanting blastocysts by 36% and 60%, respectively. These results suggest that there is a regional reduction in the density of mannose-like sugars on the surface of mouse blastocysts at the time of attachment and implantation.