Modulation of hepatocyte function by changing the cell shape in primary culture

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 569-574

  Sawamoto, Kazunobu ^a,b   Takahashi, Naommy ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Liver; Proliferation; Tyrosine aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPREADING; CYTOSKELETON; LIVER CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030872959     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-997-0100-8     Document Type: Article

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