Comparative lectin-histochemistry on the pre-epithelial mucus layer in the distal colon of conventional and germ-free rats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 379-386

  Szentkuti, László ^a   Enss, Marie Luise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b D 30623   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Germ free rat; Lectin histochemistry; Mucin composition; Mucus layer; Rat distal colon

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; SIALIC ACID; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LECTIN BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT;

EID: 0031966778     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00434-0     Document Type: Article

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