Ultrastructural localization of epithelial mucin core proteins in colorectal tissues

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1063-1074

  Winterford, Clay M ^a   Walsh, Michael D ^a   Leggett, Barbara A ^b   Jass, Jeremy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colon; Electron microscopy; Epithelial mucin; Immunogold; MUC1; MUC2; MUC4; Ultrastructural localization

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLON BIOPSY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032797738     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700811     Document Type: Article

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