A monoclonal antibody against α-smooth muscle actin: A new probe for smooth muscle differentiation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 2787-2796

  Skalli, Omar ^a   Ropraz, Patricia ^a   Trzeciak, Arnold ^b   Benzonana, Gilbert ^a   Gillessen, Dieter ^b   Gabbiani, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AORTA; DESMIN; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLES; MYOCARDIUM; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0022881517     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.103.6.2787     Document Type: Article

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