Cytoskeletal characterization of arteriovenous epithelioid cells

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 513-523

  Golfert F ^a   Kasper, M ^a   Van Eys, G J J M ^b   Funk, R H W ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CAVEOLIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; EAR; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; FISTULA; GLOMUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031452032     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050192     Document Type: Article

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