Immunohistochemical expression of G protein α-subunit isoforms in rat and monkey Merkel cell-neurite complexes

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-213

  Tachibana, Tamiko ^a   Endoh, Makoto ^a   Nawa, Tokio ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

G protein subunits; Immunolocalization; Merkel cell; Monkey; Rat

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MERKEL CELL; MONKEY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0034805501     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180100318     Document Type: Article

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