Immunomicroscopy of neurofilaments in chromaffin cells of the adult bovine adrenal gland

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 371, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 461-468

  Yang, Hsi Yuan ^a,b   Kriho, Virginia ^a   Lieska, Norman ^a   Pappas, George D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoskeleton; EM; immunofluorescence; intermediate filaments; neural crest cells

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS;

EID: 0029797775     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960729)371:3<461::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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