Isolated collagen IV retains the potential to form an 18-nm sided polygonal meshwork of the lamina densa

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-241

  Adachi, Eijiro ^a   Takeda, Yasushi ^b   Nakazato, Koichi ^b   Muraoka, Masatoshi ^b   Iwata, Masao ^b   Sasaki, Tasuku ^b   Imamura, Yasutada ^b   Hopkinson, Ian ^a,c   Hayashi, Toshihiko ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen IV; Lamina densa; Lens capsules; Placenta; Quick freezing and deep etching replication

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ETCHING; FREEZING; MAMMALS;

AVERAGE LENGTH; BRANCHING POINTS; COLLAGEN IV; DEEP ETCHING; ETCHING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN PLACENTA; LAMINA DENSA LENS CAPSULE; LENS CAPSULE; PLACENTA; QUICK-FREEZING AND DEEPETCHING REPLICATION;

COLLAGEN;

EID: 0030858593     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023514     Document Type: Article

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