Distribution of concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin binding sites in the rat peripheral nerve fibres revealed by lectin/glycoprotein-gold histochemistry

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Dolapchieva, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONCANAVALIN A; EPOXY RESINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; OVOMUCIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCHWANN CELLS; SILVER STAINING; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 0029936839     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02331422     Document Type: Article

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