CD44 variant isoforms are preferentially expressed in basal epithelia of non-malignant human fetal and adult tissues

Histochemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 79-89

  Terpe, H J ^a   Stark, H ^a   Prehm, P ^b   Gunthert U ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONATE SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; ESOPHAGUS; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD44; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARRIER PROTEINS; FETUS; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028285115     PISSN: 03015564     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00269353     Document Type: Article

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