Spatial and temporal expression patterns of the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM/EGP-2) in developing and adult kidneys

Nephron - Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Trzpis, Monika ^a   Popa, Eliane R ^a   McLaughlin, Pamela M J ^a   Van Goor, Harry ^a   Timmer, Albertus ^a   Bosman, Gerrit W ^a   De Leij, Lou M F H ^a   Harmsen, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules; EGP 2 molecule; EpCAM molecule; Kidney development; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MALE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; URETER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL POLARITY; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 38049050307     PISSN: 16602129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111039     Document Type: Article

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