The c-ros tyrosine kinase receptor controls regionalization and differentiation of epithelial cells in the epididymis

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1184-1193

  Sonnenberg Riethmacher, Eva ^a   Walter, Barbara ^a   Riethmacher, Dieter ^a   Gödecke, Stephanie ^a   Birchmeier, Carmen ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

c ros tyrosine kinase receptor; epididymis; epithelial cells; regionalization; terminal differentiation

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029892926     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.10.1184     Document Type: Article

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