Ultracytochemical demonstration of glycoproteins in the eccrine glands of the digital pads of the North American raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-60

  Yasui, T ^a   Tsukise, A ^a   Meyer, W ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSE; BETA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; MANNOSE; SIALIC ACID; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RACCOON; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWEAT GLAND; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ECCRINE GLANDS; FOOT; FORELIMB; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RACCOONS;

EID: 14544287363     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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