Ribosomes and polyribosomes are present in the squid giant axon: An immunocytochemical study

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 705-715

  Sotelo, J R ^a   Kun, A ^a,b   Benech, J C ^a,b   Giuditta, A ^c   Morillas, J ^d   Benech, C R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Giant axon; Immunocytochemistry; Polysomes; Protein synthesis; Squid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GIANT AXON; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; SQUID;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL FRACTIONATION; DECAPODIFORMES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; POLYRIBOSOMES; RABBITS; RATS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 0032959384     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00587-9     Document Type: Article

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