Paneth cells - Guardians of the gut cell hatchery

Nature Immunology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-100

  Ganz, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTDIN; MATRILYSIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PANETH CELL; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 7; PANETH CELLS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0034252291     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77884     Document Type: Short Survey

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