Interstitial cells of Cajal in the guinea-pig gastrointestinal tract as revealed by c-Kit immunohistochemistry

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-20

  Burns, Alan J ^a   Herbert, Tom M ^a   Ward, Sean M ^a   Sanders, Kenton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Gastrointestinal motility; Guinea pig; Immunohistochemistry; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Proto oncogene; Rhythmicity; Smooth muscle; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLON; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH; STOMACH ANTRUM;

ANIMALS; CECUM; COLON; ESOPHAGUS; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PERIODICITY; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PYLORIC ANTRUM;

EID: 0030828191     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050902     Document Type: Article

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