Histogenesis of the epithelial component of rat thymus: An ultrastructural and immunohistological analysis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 506-519

  Vicente, A ^a   Varas, A ^a   Sacedon R ^a   Zapata, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Epithelial cells; Immunohistochemistry; MHC molecules; Ontogeny; Rat; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; MACROPHAGE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029881355     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199604)244:4<506::AID-AR9>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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