Expression pattern of thymosin beta 4 in the adult human liver

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-137

  Nemolato, S ^a   van Eyken, P ^b   Cabras, T ^a   Cau, F ^a   Fanari, M U ^a   Locci, A ^a   Fanni, D ^a   Gerosa, C ^a   Messana, I ^a   Castagnola, M ^c   Faa, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

thymosins; Human liver; References; T 4

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(4);

Β-THYMOSINS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN LIVER.; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TΒ4;

Β-THYMOSINS; HUMAN LIVER.; TΒ4;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOSIN;

EID: 80052658749     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2011.e25     Document Type: Article

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