Interstitial cells of Cajal, enteric neurons, and smooth muscle and myoid cells of the murine gastrointestinal tract express full-length dystrophin

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 449-457

  Vannucchi, Maria Giuliana ^a   Zardo, Claudio ^a   Corsani, Letizia ^a   Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICC; Immunohistochemistry; Intestine; Muscular dystrophy; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DYSTROPHIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COLON; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ILEUM; METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH; WESTERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MYOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DYSTROPHIN; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; STOMACH;

EID: 0036460551     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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