A barium method for the cytochemical detection of sulfated glycosaminoglycans in mast cells and basophilic leukocytes

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-408

  Stockert, Juan C ^a   Ibáñez, Nora ^b   Trigoso, Clara I ^a   Cañete, Magdalena ^a   Tato, Agustín ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barium; Basophils; Brilliant green; Mast cells; Sodium rhodizonate; Sulfated glycosaminoglycans; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM ION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL GRANULE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344718657     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(99)80040-3     Document Type: Article

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