Nuclear localization of gold labeled-hydrocortisone-bovine serum albumin conjugate injected intravenously into the hormone-target cells of rat

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-235

  Nishimura, Toshikazu ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colloidal gold; Electron microscope; Hydrocortisone bovine serum albumin conjugate; In vivo; Silver enhancement; Target cell nuclei

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GOLD; HYDROCORTISONE; SILVER; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONJUGATE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TARGET CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GOLD COLLOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SILVER STAINING; TESTOSTERONE; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032755516     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.24.227     Document Type: Article

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