Immunohistological localization and expression of α-actin in the baboon (Papio anubis) corpus luteum

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Khan Dawood, Firyal S ^a,b   Yang, Jun ^a   Yusoff Dawood, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Cell cell communication; Corpus luteum; Cytoskeleton; Immunohistology; Primate; Western analysis; actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031030623     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500110     Document Type: Article

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