Contractile proteins in pericytes at the blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-44

  Bandopadhyay, R ^a   Orte, C ^a   Lawrenson, J G ^a,b   Reid, A R ^a   De Silva, S ^a   Allt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DESMIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PERICYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL VESSELS; SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0035160994     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011965307612     Document Type: Article

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