Nephrin localizes at the podocyte filtration slit area and is characteristically spliced in the human kidney

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1681-1687

  Holthöfer, Harry ^a   Ahola, Heikki ^a   Solin, Marja Liisa ^a   Wang, Shixuan ^a   Palmen, Tuula ^a   Luimula, Pauliina ^a   Miettinen, Aaro ^a   Kerjaschki, Dontscho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; NEPHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0344541695     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65483-1     Document Type: Article

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