WGA lectin binding sites of the apical surface of corti epithelium: Enhancement by back-scattered electron imaging in guinea-pig inner ear

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Katori, Yukio ^a,b   Tonosaki, Akira ^b   Takasaka, Tomonori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back scattered electron imaging; Corti epithelium; Hair cell; SEM; WGA lectin

Indexed keywords

CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CORTI ORGAN; ELECTRON; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROVILLUS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ELECTRONS; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; ORGAN OF CORTI; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIALIC ACIDS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

BINDING SITES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CYTOLOGY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MAMMALS; PROTEINS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

APICAL SURFACES; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; CORTI EPITHELIUM; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS; INNER EAR; LECTIN BINDING SITES; N ACETYLS; SIALIC ACIDS; WGA LECTIN;

CELLS;

EID: 0030171751     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023434     Document Type: Review

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