Detached, purified nerve terminals from skate electric organ for biochemical and physiological studies

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-97

  Kriebel, Mahlon E ^a,d   Dowdall, Michael J ^b,d   Pappas, George D ^c,d   Downie, David L ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE ENDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGENASES; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE ENDINGS; SCHWANN CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKATES (FISH); TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030087920     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542678     Document Type: Article

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