Immunohistochemical study of tyrosine phosphorylation signaling in Hassall's corpuscles of the human thymus

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-429

  Nishio, Hajime ^a   Matsui, Kiyoshi ^a   Tsuji, Hiroko ^a   Tamura, Akiyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial cell; Hassall's corpuscles; Immunohistochemistry; Src family; Stroma; Thymus; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS;

EID: 0032722176     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(99)80042-7     Document Type: Article

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