TrkA neutrophin receptor protein in the rat and human thymus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-379

  Hannestad, J ^a   Garcia Suarez O ^a   Huerta, J J ^a   Esteban, I ^a   Naves, F J ^a   Vega, J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Faculty de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human; Neurotrophins; Rat; Thymus; TrkA neurotrophin receptor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030728286     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199711)249:3<373::AID-AR8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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