Immunocytochemical localization of caldesmon and calponin in chicken gizzard smooth muscle

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-260

  Mabuchi, Katsuhide ^a   Li, Yanhua ^a   Tao, Terence ^a   Wang, C L Albert ^a  

^a BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CYANAMIDE; DESMIN; FILAMIN; MYOSIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TROPOMYOSIN; VERAPAMIL;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIZZARD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029982386     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00124246     Document Type: Article

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