The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) is present on the basolateral, but not the apical, surface of enterocytes in the human gastrointestinal tract

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 262-266

  Playford, R J ^a,d   Hanby, A M ^b   Gschmeissner, S ^b   Peiffer, L P ^c   Wright, N A ^b   McGarrity, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Electron microscopy; Growth factors; Gut growth; Immunohistochemistry; Localisation

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0029839897     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.2.262     Document Type: Article

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