Urocortin-like immunoreactivity in the primary lymphoid organs of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-176

  De Luca, Adriana ^a   Squillacioti, C ^a   Pero, M E ^a   Paino, S ^b   Langella, E ^b   Mirabella, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloacal burse; CRF; Cytokeratin; Medullary reticular epithelial cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; UROCORTIN;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; MAMMALIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLOACA; DUCKS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; THYMUS GLAND; UROCORTINS;

EID: 70849106588     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2009.167     Document Type: Article

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