Immunocytochemical localization of metallothionein in human pancreatic islets

Pancreas

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-24

  Tomita, Tatsuo ^a   Matsubara, Osamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hormone synthesis; Matrix metalloproteinases; Metallothioneins; Pancreatic islets

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PANCREAS HORMONE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COLORING AGENTS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATIC HORMONES; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; ZINC;

EID: 0033983806     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200001000-00003     Document Type: Article

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