TrkA and p75NTR in the ovary of adult cow and pig

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-96

  Leventi, M B ^a   Germana A ^a   Abbate, F ^a   Montalbano, G ^a   Vega, J A ^b   Germanà, Giovanni ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cow; Neurotrophins; Ovary; P75NTR; Pig; TrkA

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE;

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 22644445662     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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