Distinctive localization of N- and E-cadherins in rat anterior pituitary gland

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1183-1189

  Kikuchi, Motoshi ^a   Yatabe, Megumi ^a   Fujiwara, Ken ^a   Takigami, Shu ^a   Sakamoto, Atsushi ^a   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^b   Yashiro, Takashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary gland; Cadherin; Folliculostellate cell; Immunohistochemistry; Rat

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33750510512     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20384     Document Type: Article

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