Immunohistochemical expression of Wilms' tumor protein (WT1) in developing human epithelial and mesenchymal tissues

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-75

  Parenti, Rosalba ^a   Perris, Roberto ^b   Vecchio, Giada Maria ^c   Salvatorelli, Lucia ^c   Torrisi, Antonietta ^a   Gravina, Lucia ^a   Magro, Gaetano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Expression; Human; Wilms' tumor protein; WT1

Indexed keywords

WT1 PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCHYME; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; ONTOGENY; PODOCYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE GROWTH;

EPITHELIUM; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM;

WOLFFIA;

EID: 84869862350     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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