Embryonic form of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SMemb/MHC-B) in gastrointestinal stromal tumor and interstitial cells of Cajal

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Sakurai, Shinji ^a   Fukasawa, Tomoki ^a   Chong, Ja Mun ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^a,b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMBRYO CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032950650     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65246-7     Document Type: Article

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