Dye-coupling of melanocytes with endothelial cells and pericytes in the cochlea of gerbils

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 271-275

  Takeuchi, Shunji ^a   Ando, Motonori ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Gerbil; Intermediate cell; Lucifer yellow; Microinjection; Stria vascularis

Indexed keywords

LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; COCHLEA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GERBIL; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA VASCULARIS;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR DUCT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLUORESCENT DYES; GERBILLINAE; ISOQUINOLINES; MELANOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 0031829393     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051118     Document Type: Article

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