Expression of Ezrin in Human Embryonic, Fetal, and Normal Adult Tissues

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1001-1008

  Xie, Jian Jun ^a   Zhang, Fa Ren ^a   Tao, Li Hua ^a   Lü, Zhuo ^a   Xu, Xiu E ^a   Jian Shen, ^a   Xu, Li Yan ^a   Li, En Min ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

development; embryo; ezrin expression; immunohistochemistry; tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE VILLUS; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LYMPH NODE; NERVE GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLEEN; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84555203380     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155411418661     Document Type: Article

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