Specificity of antibodies to nitric oxide synthase isoforms in human, guinea pig, rat, and mouse tissues

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1385-1391

  Coers, Wilko ^a   Timens, Wim ^a   Kempinga, Claudia ^a   Klok, Pieter A ^a   Moshage, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Characterization; Expression; Immunohistology; Nitric oxide; NOS isoforms

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031789695     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804601207     Document Type: Article

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