Immunocytochemical localization of lysozyme and β-defensin in the apocrine glands of the equine scrotum

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 299, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 393-397

  Yasui, Tadashi ^a   Fukui, Kousuke ^a   Nara, Takayuki ^a   Habata, Isao ^a   Meyer, Wilfried ^b   Tsukise, Azuma ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial substance; Apocrine glands; Horse; Immunocytoochemistry; Scrotal skin

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; GOLD; LYSOZYME; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GOLGI COMPLEX; HORSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCROTUM; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SKIN STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOCRINE GLANDS; BETA-DEFENSINS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; GOLGI APPARATUS; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MURAMIDASE; SCROTUM;

EID: 34548538087     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-007-0766-5     Document Type: Article

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