Ultrastructure of the capillary pericytes and the expression of smooth muscle α-actin and desmin in the snake infrared sensory organs

Anatomical Record

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-307

  Nakano, Masato ^a   Atobe, Yoshitoshi ^a   Goris, Richard C ^a   Yazama, Futoshi ^a   Ono, Michio ^a   Sawada, Hajime ^a   Kadota, Tetsuo ^a   Funakoshi, Kengo ^a   Kishida, Reiji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary; Confocal microscopy; Desmin; Electron microscopy; Pericyte; Pit organ; Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSE ORGAN; SNAKE;

ACTINS; AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; DESMIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INFRARED RAYS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERICYTES; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

ANIMALIA; CROTALINAE; SERPENTES; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0034331409     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0185(20001101)260:3<299::AID-AR67>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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