Immunodissection of the connective tissue matrix in human skin

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 394-406

  Keene, Douglas R ^a   Marinkovich, M Peter ^a   Sakai, Lynn Y ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Collagen; Dermis; Elastic fiber; Epidermis; Fibrillin; Human skin; Microfibrils

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBODIES; MOLECULES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; DERMIS; ELASTIC FIBRES; EPIDERMIS; FIBRILLIN; HUMAN SKIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFIBRIL; TISSUE MATRIX;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN; FIBRILLIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DERMIS; ELASTIC FIBER; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030818252     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970815)38:4<394::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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