Tissue and subcellular distribution of mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase in the rat: Confocal laser fluorescence and immunoelectron microscopic studies combined with biochemical analysis

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-250

  Nagahara, Noriyuki ^a   Ito, Takaaki ^b   Kitamura, Hitoshi ^b   Nishino, Takeshi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; F ACTIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; PHALLOIDIN; SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOSOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SULFURTRANSFERASES; TESTIS; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031666759     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050286     Document Type: Article

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