Markers and antibodies for characterization of goat mammary tissue and the derived primary epithelial cell cultures

ABSTRACT A selection of commercially available antibodies, targeted against markers employed in studies of mammary gland biology, was tested to determine their reactivity in goat mammary tissue and the derived tissue cultures.Expression of the markers smooth muscle actin ( SMA ), selected keratins ( KRT ) 5, 14, 18 , and 19 , CD24 molecule ( CD24 )

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A retrospective cross-sectional study on the prevalence of hypodontia in a target population of Al-Jouf Province, Saudi Arabia

Aim: The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the prevalence of hypodontia and to ascertain the need of interdisciplinary treatment for ensuing esthetic and functional problems in a target population of Al-Jouf Province, Saudi Arabia.Subjects and Methods: Using a dental flex 4 heartworm test administration software tool, a total of

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R Marries NetLogo: Introduction to the RNetLogo Package

The RNetLogo package delivers an interface to embed the agent-based modeling platform NetLogo into the R environment with headless (no graphical user interface) or interactive GUI mode.It provides functions to load models, execute commands, push read more values, and to get values from NetLogo reporters.Such a seamless integration of a widely used

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