Cellular and subcellular localization of the small G protein RhoA in the human and rat embryonic and adult kidney

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-97

  Bianchi, Francesco ^a   Mattii, Letizia ^a   D'Alessandro, Delfo ^a   Moscato, Stefania ^a   Segnani, Cristina ^a   Dolfi, Amelio ^a   Bernardini, Nunzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Human; Kidney; Rat; RhoA; Small G protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

CELLULAR PROCESSES;

PROTEINS;

RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037221244     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00690     Document Type: Article

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