Expression of intermediate filament desmin and vimentin in the human fetal heart

Anatomical Record

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-278

  Kim, Ho Dirk ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Desmin; Human fetal heart; Immunoblot; Immunohistochemistry; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; VIMENTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; PARENCHYMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; DESMIN; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0029799148     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199610)246:2<271::AID-AR13>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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