Immunogold EM localization of neurochemicals in human pulmonary neuroendocrine cells

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-91

  Stahlman, Mildred T ^a   Gray, Mary E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bombesin; calcitonin; calcitonin gene related peptide; cholecystokinin; serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COLLOIDS; CYTOLOGY; GENES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; SPHERES;

BOMBESIN; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDES; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DENSE CORE; GOLD SPHERES; LOCALISATION; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; SEROTONIN;

PEPTIDES;

BOMBESIN; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030951372     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970401)37:1<77::AID-JEMT8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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