Homeobox gene product Nkx 6.1 immunoreactivity in nuclei of endocrine cells of rat and mouse stomach

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 717-721

  Øster, Anne ^a   Jensen, Jan ^b   Edlund, Helena ^c   Larsson, Lars Inge ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gastrin; Gastrointestinal tract; Homeodomain proteins; Nkx6.1; Pdx 1; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN; GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031774475     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600603     Document Type: Article

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