Lectins and antibodies against blood-group antigens as tools for studying the cellular source of glycoproteins in human bronchial fluid: A comparison of morphological and biochemical observations

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-465

  Bals, Robert ^a   Welsch, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airways; Human; Mucin; Mucous cells; Respiratory tract; Serous cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LECTIN; MUCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCOUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANTIBODIES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MUCINS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRONCHUS; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA; HELIX POMATIA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; TETRAGONOLOBUS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM VULGARIS;

EID: 0029961487     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050715     Document Type: Article

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