Cellular localization of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and its receptors TrkA and p75LNGFR in the ovary of the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata fuscata)

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-381

  Shimizu, Keiko ^a   Jin, WanZhu ^b,c   Kojima, Chihiro ^b   Shi, ZhanQuan ^b,c   Kondo, Masahiro ^c   Itoh, Mariko ^a   Watanabe, Gen ^b,c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese monkey; NGF; Ovary; p75LNGFR; TrkA

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444461671     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.377     Document Type: Article

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