Immunohistochemical study of localization of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase in the rat brain

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 597-601

  Ogawa, M ^a   Shiozawa, M ^b   Hiraoka, Y ^a   Takeuchi, Y ^a   Aiso, S ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Ependymal cell; Immunohistochemistry; Vascular endothelial cell; glutamyl transpeptidase

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPENDYMA; EPENDYMA CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROVASCULATURE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOPODIUM; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032443869     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80078-5     Document Type: Article

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