Sorting of actin isoforms in chicken auditory hair cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 765-770

  Hofer D ^a   Ness, W ^a   Drenckhahn, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin isoform; Hair cell; Stereocilium

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEREOCILIUM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAIR CELLS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343307091     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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