Cellular and subcellular distribution of 7B2 in porcine merkel cells

Anatomical Record

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-163

  García Caballero, Alejandro ^a   Gallego, Rosalía ^a   García Caballero, Tomás ^a,b   Fraga, Máximo ^a   Blanco, Montserrat ^a   Fernández Redondo, Virginia ^a   Beiras, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

7B2; Immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MERKEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERKEL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROENDOCRINE SECRETORY PROTEIN 7B2; PANCREAS; PITUITARY HORMONES; SKIN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031010947     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199706)248:2<159::AID-AR2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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