Region-specific antibodies against chromogranin B display different immunoreactivity in the human pancreatic islet cell types

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 971, Issue , 2002, Pages 341-344

  Portela Gomes, Guida Maria ^a,b,c   Stridsberg, Mats ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromogranin B; Chromogranin fragments; Human; Immunocytochemistry; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHROMOGRANIN B; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037024549     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04491.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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