Development and characterisation of an antibody for the immunohistochemical detection of inhibin/activin betaE (βE) in normal human ovarian and placental tissue

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-372

  Mylonas, Ioannis ^a   Makovitzky, Josef ^b   Shabani, Naim ^a,c   Gingelmaier, Andrea ^a   Dian, Darius ^a   Kuhn, Christina ^a   Schulze, Sandra ^a   Kunze, Susanna ^a   Jeschke, Udo ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c Landes Krankenhaus Schaerding   (Austria)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin betaE; Ovarian tissue; Placenta; Western blot

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN; INHIBIN E; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREMENOPAUSE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; OVARY; PLACENTA;

EID: 68949203512     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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