Laminin chains in the basement membranes of human thymus

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 643-650

  Virtanen, Ismo ^a   Lohi, Jouni ^a   Tani, Taneli ^a   Sariola, Hannu ^b   Burgeson, Robert E ^c   Lehto, Veli Pekka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 7; INTEGRIN; LAMININ;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MICE; THYMUS GLAND;

LAMIINAE;

EID: 0029805426     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02331385     Document Type: Article

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