Immunoreactivity for thymosin beta 4 and thymosin beta 10 in the adult rat oro-gastrointestinal tract

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-111

  Nemolato, S ^a   Ekstrom, J ^b   Cabras, T ^a   Gerosa, C ^a   Fanni, D ^a   Di Felice, E ^a   Locci, A ^a   Messana, I ^a   Castagnola, M ^c   Faa, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Immunohistochemistry; Rats; Thymosin beta 10; Thymosin beta 4

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(10); THYMOSIN BETA(4);

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYMOSIN;

EID: 84892641008     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2013.e17     Document Type: Article

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