Milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 mRNA expression in rat splanchnic tissues during postnatal development

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-40

  Xiao, Wang ^a   Heng Fu, Bu ^a   de Plaen, Isabelle G ^a   Tan, Xiao Di ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestines; Liver; Lung; MFG E8; Postnatal gene expression

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR 8; MESSENGER RNA; MILK FAT; PROTEIN P10; PROTEIN P21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; RNA EXTRACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 65549164302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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