Use of actin isoform-specific antibodies to probe the domain structure in three smooth muscles

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-299

  Stromer, Marvin H ^a   Mayes, Mary S ^a   Bellin, Robert M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin isoforms; Desmin; Domain structure; Smooth muscle; Actinin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DENSE BODY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VAS DEFERENS; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICKENS; DESMIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIZZARD; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SWINE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0036401563     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-002-0453-8     Document Type: Article

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