Immunological identification of an inward rectifier K+ channel (Kir4.1) in the intermediate cell (melanocyte) of the cochlear stria vascularis of gerbils and rats

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 179-183

  Ando, Motonori ^a   Takeuchi, Shunji ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocochlear potential; Immunohistochemistry; Inner ear; K+ transport; Mongolian gerbil; Rat (Dark Agouti)

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEA; GERBIL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STRIA VASCULARIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENDOLYMPH; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RABBITS; RATS; STRIA VASCULARIS;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032863480     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004419900066     Document Type: Article

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