Anti-c-kit protein immunoreactive cells corresponding to the interstitial cells of Cajal in the guinea-pig small intestine

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-174

  Komuro, Terumasa ^a   Zhou, De Shan ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; Guinea pig; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Myenteric plexus; Pacemaker; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SMALL INTESTINE; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; VIMENTIN; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 0030572873     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(96)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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