Sensory epithelium of the vomeronasal organ express TrkA-like and epidermal growth factor receptor in adulthood. An immunohistochemical study in the horse

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-306

  Garcia Suarez, O ^a   Germana G ^b   Naves, F J ^a   Ciriaco, E ^b   Represa, J ^c   Vega, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

epidermal growth factor receptor; horse; immunohistochemistry; Trk neurotrophin receptor proteins; vemoronasal organ; Western blot

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CILIA; EPITHELIUM; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVILLI; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTOR, TRKC; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0031054029     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199703)247:3<299::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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