Visualizing the expression of a human growth hormone (hGH) transgene in the liver: Intrahepatic regional and intracellular differences of expression are associated with morphological alterations and hepatocellular proliferation

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 611-616

  Vergani, G ^a   Lahr, G ^a   Wang, Z M ^a   Bartke, A ^a   Mayerhofer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Liver; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030708965     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80062-6     Document Type: Article

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