Proteoglycan distribution pattern during aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: An ultrastructural histochemical study

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 285-292

  Schimpf, J ^a   Sames, K ^b   Zwilling, R ^c  

^a Westpfalzklinikum Kaiserslautern ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUTICLE; GONAD; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE CELL; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHONDROITINASES AND CHONDROITIN LYASES; COLORING AGENTS; GERM CELLS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; GONADS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; INTESTINES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTEOGLYCANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032789707     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003761817109     Document Type: Article

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