Histochemistry of therapeutically relevant enzymes in human tumours transplanted into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice: Nitric oxide synthase-associated diaphorase, β-D-glucuronidase and non-specific alkaline phosphatase

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-387

  Schumacher, Udo ^a   Adam, Elizabeth ^a   Zangemeister Wittke, Uwe ^b   Gossrau, Reinhart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADEPT; alkaline phosphatase; cancer; enzyme histochemistry; nitric oxide synthase; severe combined immunodeficient mice; tumour vasculature; glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0029804468     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(96)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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