Structure and dynamics of the fusion pores in live GH-secreting cells revealed using atomic force microscopy

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1144-1148

  Sang Joon, Cho ^a   Jeftinija, Ksenija ^b   Glavaski, Aleksandra ^b   Jeftinija, Srdija ^b   Jena, Bhanu P ^a,b   Anderson, Lloyd L ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MEMBRANE BINDING; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; SWINE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY GLAND; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0036170563     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.143.3.1144     Document Type: Article

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