Effects of hypophyseal or thymic allograft on thymus development in partially decerebrated chicken embryos: Expression of PCNA and CD3 markers

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-165

  Aita, M ^a   Benedetti, F ^a   Carafelli, E ^a   Caccia, E ^b   Romano, N ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD3 markers; Chicken embryonal thymus; Hypophyseal and thymic allograft; Hypophysectomy; PCNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957377047     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2010.e37     Document Type: Article

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