Three-dimensional structures of c-Kit-positive cellular networks in the guinea pig small intestine and colon

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-436

  Toma, Hiroki ^a   Nakamura, Kei Ichiro ^a   Kuraoka, Akio ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a   Kawabuchi, Masaru ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c Kit; Colon; Guinea pig; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Regulation of intestinal movement; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; COLON; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CRYOBIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032969722     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051249     Document Type: Article

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