Histochemical studies on renal copper metallothionein using confocal laser microscopy

Trace Elements and Electrocytes

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Okabe, M ^a,d   Hosokawa, T ^a   Saito, S ^a,b   Saito, T ^c   Kurasaki, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Confocal microscopy; Copper; Kidney; LEC rat; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033028677     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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