Peptide-amidating enzymes are expressed in the stellate epithelial cells of the thymic medulla

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 661-668

  Martínez, Alfredo ^a,c   Farr, Andrew ^b   Vos, Michele D ^a   Cuttitta, Frank ^a   Treston, Anthony M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidation; Enzyme assays; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Oxytocin; Stellate epithelial cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031949250     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600511     Document Type: Article

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