Cepaea hortensis agglutinin-I, specific for O-glycosidically linked sialic acids, selectively labels endothelial cells of distinct vascular beds

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-109

  Fischer, Edgar ^a,d   Wagner, Manfred ^b   Bertsch, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; FORMALDEHYDE; L SELECTIN; LECTIN; PODOCALYXIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALOMUCIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CAPILLARY; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL SPECIFICITY; COLON; COLON CARCINOMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER SINUSOID; LUNG; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE FIXATION; VEIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LECTINS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SNAILS; TISSUE FIXATION;

CEPAEA HORTENSIS; GASTROPODA; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0034009933     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004066212317     Document Type: Article

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