Distribution of beta-tubulin in guinea pig inner ear

ORL

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-16

  Du, Xiaoping ^a   Yoo, Taijune ^a   Mora, Renzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; Autoimmune disease; Cochlea; Immunohistochemistry; Vestibulum

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNER EAR; LIGAMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPIRAL GANGLION; STRIA VASCULARIS; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIGENS; COCHLEA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS; SPIRAL GANGLION; TUBULIN; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0037217527     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068654     Document Type: Article

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