Immunocytochemical colocalization of desmin and vimentin in human fetal skeletal muscle cells

Anatomical Record

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-70

  Yang, Yagai ^a   Makita, Takashi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

desmin; human; immunoelectron microscopy; intermediate filaments; skeletal muscle; vimentin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

DESMIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029813794     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199609)246:1<64::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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