Whatever happened to the 'microtrabecular concept'?

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 561-596

  Heuser, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZE ETCHING; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANELLES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037958421     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(02)00013-8     Document Type: Review

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