TrkA is necessary for the normal development of the murine thymus

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 11-21

  García Suárez, Olivia ^a   Germanà, Antonino ^b   Hannestad, Jonas ^a,b   Ciriaco, Emilia ^b   Laurà, Rosalba ^b   Naves, Javier ^a   Esteban, Isabel ^a   Silos Santiago, Inmaculada ^c   Vega, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Mice; Neurotrophins; Thymus; TrkA

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYSTS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTOR, TRKA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0034255693     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(00)00251-4     Document Type: Article

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