Effects of sex steroids on silver stained proteins of nucleolar organizer regions (Ag-NOR) in the rabbit uterus

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 202-210

  Yokoyama, Yasuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Yuichiro ^a   Hashimoto, Midori ^a   Shinohara, Ariyoshi ^a   Lian, Zengling ^a   Tamaya, Teruhiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B23; Cell proliferation; Endometrium; Nucleolar organizer regions; Nucleolin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NORETHISTERONE; NUCLEOLIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SILVER STAINING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROMA CELL; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031722272     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299809141111     Document Type: Article

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