Human erythrocytes possess a cytoplasmic endoskeleton containing β-actin and neurofilament protein

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 329-340

  Terasawa, Kazutaka ^a,c   Taguchi, Takehito ^b   Momota, Ryusuke ^a   Naito, Ichiro ^a   Murakami, Takuro ^a   Ohtsuka, Aiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Terasawa ENT Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ACTIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SAPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOSKELETON; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FREEZE ETCHING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 33947151910     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: 13491717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.69.329     Document Type: Article

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