Immunocytochemical identification of proteins within the Pacinian corpuscle

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-170

  Pawson, Lorraine ^a   Slepecky, Norma B ^a   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Immunocytochemistry; Light and electron microscopy; Mechanotransduction; Pacinian corpuscle; Somatosensation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBODY; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MESENTERY; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NEURITE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034074087     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220050020571     Document Type: Article

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