Improved ultrastructure of the desmosome-intermediate filament complex in MCF-7 breast cancer cells

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 539-544

  Gobert Geoffrey, N ^a,b   Heide, Schatten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desmosome; Intermediate filaments; Nuclear pore; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

CANCER CELLS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY;

CYTOSKELETONS; DESMOSOME; FILAMENT BUNDLES; HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MCF-7 BREAST CANCER CELLS; NUCLEAR MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR PORE; PROCESSING METHOD; ULTRASTRUAURE;

DISEASES;

EID: 0033840412     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023841     Document Type: Article

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