Morphogenesis of the glomerular filter: The synchronous assembly and maturation of two distinct extracellular matrices

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-253

  Mccarthy, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Capillary; Endothelium; Mesangial; Mesangium

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BUILDINGS; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY; ENDOTHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GLOMERULAR CAPILLARIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION; MATRIX; MESANGIAL; MESANGIUM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

CYTOLOGY;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESANGIUM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030717738     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19971101)39:3<233::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Review

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