Immunohistochemical study of tyrosine phosphorylation signaling in the involuted thymus

Forensic Science International

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-198

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

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Hassall's corpuscles; Immunohistochemistry; Thymic involution; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INVOLUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; THYMUS;

EID: 0034608304     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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