Heterogeneous carbamoylphosphate synthetase I expression in testicular transplants of fetal mouse liver

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-392

  Shiojiri, Nobuyoshi ^a   Wada, Jun Iti ^a   Gebhardt, Rolf ^b,c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbamoylphosphate synthetase I; Differentiation; Glutamine synthetase; Hepatocyte heterogeneity; Hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LIVER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0031977507     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80073-3     Document Type: Article

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