Immunohistochemical localization of the epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor α, and their receptor in the human mesonephros and metanephros

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Bernardini, Nunzia ^a   Bianchi, Francesco ^a   Lupetti, Mario ^a   Dolfi, Amelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EGF; EGF TGF receptor; Human embryo; Kidney development; TGF

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESONEPHROS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FETAL PROTEINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0030006385     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199607)206:3<231::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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