Prague Med. Rep. 2019, 120, 117-123

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2019.16

Immunolocalization of Gas7 in the Subgranular Zone of Mice Hippocampus

Udaya Kumar

Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Received July 17, 2019
Accepted December 1, 2019

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