Epidermal growth factor in the rat prostate: Production, tissue content and molecular forms in the different prostatic lobes

Prostate

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-42

  Tørring, Niels ^a   Jørgensen, Per E ^a   Poulsen, Steen S ^b   Nexø, Ebba ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromatography gel; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Epidermal growth factor urogastrone; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Prostate

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL FILTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031922006     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980401)35:1<35::AID-PROS5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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