Localization of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) protein and the receptors FGFR 1-4 in normal human seminiferous epithelium

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-62

  Steger, Klaus ^a   Tetens, Frank ^a   Seitz, Jürgen ^b   Grothe, Claudia ^c   Bergmann, Martin ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 2; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 0031746556     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050265     Document Type: Article

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