Islet morphogenesis and stem cell markers in rat pancreas

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 947-951

  Bouwens, Luc ^a,b   De Blay, Emmy ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bcl 2; Cytokeratin; Development; Differentiation; Ducts; Immunohistochemistry; Islet cells; Rat pancreas; Stem cells; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029832271     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.9.8773559     Document Type: Article

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