Identification of N- and O-linked oligosaccharides in the human epididymis

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1185-1188

  Arenas, María I ^a   Madrid, Juan F ^b   Bethencourt, Fermín R ^a   Fraile, Benito ^a   Paniagua, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Glycoconjugates; Lectin histochemistry; Oligosaccharide side chains

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031718436     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804601010     Document Type: Article

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