Light-microscopic studies of 3T3 cell plasma membrane alterations mediated by melittin

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-26

  Lo, Wai Chun J ^a   Henk, William G ^a   Enright, Frederick M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MELITTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; MELITTEN; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0031026348     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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