Agrin is a major heparan sulfate proteoglycan in the human glomerular basement membrane

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-27

  Groffen, Alexander J ^a   Ruegg, Markus A ^c   Dijkman, Henri ^a   Van De Velden, Thea J ^a   Buskens, Carin A ^a   Van Den Born, Jacob ^a   Assmann, Karel J ^a   Monnens, Leo A ^a   Veerkamp, Jacques H ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Lambert P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agrin; Glomerular basement membrane; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Perlecan

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; PERLECAN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEGLYCOSYLATION; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15644366697     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600104     Document Type: Article

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