Spexin expression in normal rat tissues

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 825-837

  Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Rucinski, Marcin ^b   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^b   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Immunohistochemistry; NPQ; Rat; Spexin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SPEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SPEXIN PROTEIN, RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PARATHYROID GLAND; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; URINARY TRACT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MALE;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77956200069     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2010.956300     Document Type: Article

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