Expression of the GALα(1-3)GAL epitope on pig islets

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 169-171

  Heald, K A ^a   Carless, N ^a   Jay, T R ^a   Boucher, N ^a   Downing, R ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gal (1 3)Gal; Porcine islets; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSE; INSULIN ANTIBODY; LECTIN; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYL (1 3)GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYL-(1-3)GALACTOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPITOPE MAPPING; GRAFT REJECTION; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAINING; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE FIXATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DISACCHARIDES; EPITOPES; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LECTINS; PANCREAS; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE;

EID: 0032586944     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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