Estimation and comparison of the contents of blood group B antigens in selected human tissues by microphotometric quantification of Griffonia simplicifolia agglutinin I-B4 staining with or without prior α- galactosidase digestion

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 415-424

  Ito, N ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood group antigen; Histochemistry; Lectin; Microphotometry

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRUNNER GLAND; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ANTIGENS; BRUNNER GLANDS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LECTINS; PHOTOMETRY; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TISSUE FIXATION;

GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA;

EID: 0031004301     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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