The pattern of prothymosin α gene expression coincides with that of myc proto-oncogenes during mouse embryogenesis

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-52

  Moll, Jürgen ^a,b   Schmid, Peter ^a   Sansig, Gilles ^a   Van Der Putten, Herman ^a  

^a CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR FOLLICLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MICE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY GLANDS; THYMOSIN; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029874914     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02331426     Document Type: Article

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