Specificity of four monoclonal anti-Nkx6-1 antibodies

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-424

  Klinck, Rasmus ^a   Serup, Palle ^a   Madsen, Ole D ^a   Jørgensen, Mette C ^a  

^a HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibody specificity; Development; Neural tube; Nkx6 1; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CROSS REACTIONS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREAS; RATS;

MUS;

EID: 41149111394     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.7A7350.2008     Document Type: Article

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