Crystalline arrays of proteoglycan and collagen in the tectorial membrane

Matrix Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-38

  Tsuprun, Vladimir ^a   Santi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Collagen; Electron microscopy; Proteoglycan; Tectorial membrane

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; FIXATIVE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA DUCT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029970926     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(96)90124-9     Document Type: Article

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