Actin bundles in human hair follicles as revealed by confocal laser microscopy

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 425-434

  Furumura, Minao ^a,b   Ishikawa, Harunori ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Epithelium; Hair follicle; Human; Microfilaments; Stress fibers

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN; VINCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYOSINS; VINCULIN;

EID: 0030067810     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050553     Document Type: Article

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