Ontogeny of NADPH-d expression in the thymic microenvironment of the chick embryo

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 335-343

  Gulati, Punam ^a   Leong, Seng Kee ^a   Chan, An Soo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chicken; Embryo; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrogen phosphate diaphorase (NADPH d); Nitric oxide; Thymus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID CELL; MACROPHAGE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; THYMUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MYOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031765859     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051183     Document Type: Article

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