Ultrastructural localization of cadherin in the adult guinea-pig organ of Corti

Hearing Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Mahendrasingam, S ^a   Katori, Y ^b   Furness, D N ^a   Hackney, C M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Cochlea; Hair cell; Supporting cell

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DESMOSOME; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN OF CORTI; TISSUE EMBEDDING; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

EID: 0030869630     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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