Is podocyte shape controlled by the dystroglycan complex?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2002, Pages 23-24

  Kojima, Kenichiro ^a,b   Kerjaschki, Dontscho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dystroglycan; Podocyte

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AGRIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; LAMININ; PERLECAN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; UTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ENERGY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLATED KIDNEY; KIDNEY PERFUSION; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036378934     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.suppl_9.23     Document Type: Article

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