An immunohistochemical study of the 32-kDa galectin (β-galactoside-binding lectin) in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-207

  Arata, Yoichiro ^a   Akimoto, Yoshihiro ^b   Hirabayashi, Jun ^a   Kasai, Ken Ichi ^a   Hirano, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

GALECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GALECTINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029916095     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02331444     Document Type: Article

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