Medium calcium concentration determines keratin intermediate filament density and distribution in immortalized cultured thymic epithelial cells (TECs)

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-292

  Sands, Sandra S ^a   Meek, William D ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^b   Ketchum, Robert J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cells; Culture; Epithelial; Intermediate filament; Keratin; Thymic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; KERATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LEWIS RAT; RAT; THYMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR FURTH RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DESMOSOMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED WF; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 23844458421     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927605050282     Document Type: Article

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