Intracellular visualization of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in the skin of a puffer Tetraodon nigroviridis by immunoenzymatic technique

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 605-611

  Mahmud, Yahia ^a   Arakawa, Osamu ^a   Ichinose, Akitoyo ^a   Tanu, Mohosena Begum ^a   Takatani, Tomohiro ^a   Tsuruda, Kazumi ^a   Kawatsu, Kentaro ^b   Hamano, Yonekazu ^b   Noguchi, Tamao ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal cell; Electron microscopy; Immunogold; Lysosome; Micro distribution; Monoclonal antibody; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; SKIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TETRAODON NIGROVIRIDIS;

EID: 0346665640     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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