Epithelial V-like antigen (EVA), a novel member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, expressed in embryonic epithelia with a potential role as homotypic adhesion molecule in thymus histogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1061-1071

  Guttinger, Maria ^a,d   Sutti, Francesca ^a   Panigada, Maddalena ^a   Porcellini, Simona ^a   Merati, Barbara ^a   Mariani, Margherita ^a   Teesalu, Tambet ^a,c   Consalez, G Giacomo ^a   Grassi, Fabio ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d H S Raffaele Sci Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL V LIKE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA FINGERPRINTING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0031749016     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.4.1061     Document Type: Article

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